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Invincible Summer

by Jean Ferris

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Seventeen-year-old Robin, in treatment for leukemia, falls in love with a boy who also has the disease, and together they attempt to survive their ordeal.

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Children's Literature Council of Southern California Awards (An Outstanding Work of Fiction for Young Adults – 1988)

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YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection – 1987)

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Genres: Teen, Fiction and Literature, Young Adult, Tween
LCC: PZ7 .F4174 — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres

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Members: 36
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Languages: English, German
Media: Paper
ISBNs: 5

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Published: 1987
Genres: Teen, Fiction and Literature, Young Adult, Tween
LCC: PZ7 .F4174

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