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OMG Cancer is the heartwarming, tear jerking and often funny journey through life, love, cancer and loss.From cancer at 17, married at 22, widowed at 23 and re-married at 27. This is Caroline's crazy whirlwind adventure into cancer, love, marriage, death and the odd celebrity encounter along the way.

“An absorbing historical novel.” — Booklist “Steal. Trade. Survive.” That's what Father tells Rose and Lem moments before he dies of the Great Plague. Orphaned and homeless in London 1665, all Rose and Lem have left are their wits, each other, and three bottles of Thieves Oil — a medicinal blend Father created that can protect people from the sickness. But then Lem goes missing, and Rose is left to fend for herself. As words of Thieves Oil spread to London’s most desperate scavengers, Rose must band together with her fellow street orphans, steal the essentials to survive, and protect herself and her newfound friends against both the Plague and a world filled with dangers.

Hide and Seek: Wild Animal Groups in North AmericaThis educational and entertaining Hide and Seek book challenges young readers to find the hiding animals and learn more about the amazing animal groups of North America.

Half Grandma Half Dinosaur All Mischief "Grandma keeps running off doing funny business. On a field trip And if she doesn't stop, we'll miss the school bus."All we want to do is have a simple, no shenanigans, fun day at the museum. But when magic museum dust makes Grandma start sneezing, we know we're in for a wild time.With each sneeze, Grandma turns into a different dinosaur and takes off. It's up to me and Moonie to track her down and keep her from making a mess of the museum - before we miss the bus home " There is a world of adventure searching for and identifying Grandmasaurus. This intergenerational tale also shows kids know best when it comes to proper behaviour at the museum

Make A Splash With Grandmasaurus Magical sneezes transform Grandma into different Mesozoic Era marine reptiles, and it's up to her grandchildren to track her down, stop her funny business, and finish their reports before the field trip ends. The aquarium rescue centre has never been this exciting This picture book- Introduces readers to facts about prehistoric marine life- Encourages environmental consciousness through inclusion of ocean facts- Features a Grandchild-Grandparent relationship.

Make A Splash With Grandmasaurus Magical sneezes transform Grandma into different Mesozoic Era marine reptiles, and it's up to her grandchildren to track her down, stop her funny business, and finish their reports before the field trip ends. The aquarium rescue centre has never been this exciting This picture book- Introduces readers to facts about prehistoric marine life- Encourages environmental consciousness through inclusion of ocean facts- Features a Grandchild-Grandparent relationship.

Discover the magic, adventure, history and science of the Asha and Baz chapter book series. Asha and Baz have a paper rocket to launch Whoever builds the rocket that travels the farthest will get to meet astronaut Chris Hadfield. The only problem is Asha and Baz don't know how to power their rocket. Stuck and unsure, the kids brainstorm by drawing a rocket in the sand using a stick. But this is a very unusual stick. In fact, it's a magic stick And it transports them back in time to meet a person who might be able to help them with their rocket problem: scientist Mary Sherman Morgan.

In the second book of Caroline Fernandez's Asha and Baz series, readers once more dive into the past--this time to learn about famous actor and inventor Hedy Lamarr Computer class is off to a rocky start for Asha and Baz They've been given a Coding Challenge and must correctly code instructions to send a digital frog across a computer screen. But they can't seem to figure it out. With their reputation as the smartest kids in their class at stake, the pair turn to their magic stick for answers. They use it to draw their coding problem in the sand and are transported back in time to 1941 Hollywood to meet Hedy Lamarr, leaving them even more confused: How can an actor help them solve the Coding Challenge?But when they learn there's a war happening and that Hedy Lamar has been hard at work inventing a device to help with war efforts, the kids realize her problem-solving skills may be just what they need. Coding, frequency hopping, and more await in Asha and Baz Meet Hedy Lamarr

In the fourth book in the Asha and Baz series, readers learn about volcanoes from renowned volcanologist Katia Kraft Asha wants to win a super cool volcanic rock by solving the Great Volcano Challenge at school. So she and her best friend Baz use their magic stick to travel to Iceland in 1973 to learn from famous volcano researcher Katia Krafft.She's sure to be able to help them with their project, but she's got an eruption to observe and data to record--and ash, lava, and smelly gases are a lot more scary than a classroom. With safety concerns rising, Asha and Baz will need to keep their cool to get back home and win the prize.

Asha and Baz travel beyond the community garden to learn about cardinal directions in their latest adventure Asha and Baz are visiting the community garden with their class when their teacher assigns a challenge: use a compass rose and a map to uncover parts of a secret message hidden around the garden.When trying to follow the instructions on the map leaves the best friends feeling lost, they look to the past for guidance. Together, they magically travel to 1978, to meet mathematician Gladys West.Gladys is is working on her own important project using a satellite to map the ocean, and with her help, Asha and Baz might just find their way.

Asha and Baz travel in time to unearth fossils When their teacher assigns The Great Fossil Challenge, best friends Asha and Baz wonder how they'll convincingly re-create a prehistoric fossil. Luckily time is on their side Together, they magically travel to 1823 to meet legendary fossil hunter Mary Anning, who shows them the marine fossil beds along the cliffs of the English Channel.Ammonites, evidence of marine reptiles, and more wait just beneath the earth's surface, and with Mary's instructions, the kids might uncover the exact inspiration they need to succeed back at home