Children's hospital cover

Children's hospital

by Peggy Anderson

Tells the stories of six children: six-year-old Candy who has radical reconstructive surgery on her malformed face, fifteen-year-old Mark with cystic fibrosis, eigthteen-month-old Jody born with severe defects, eight-year-old Gina with acute lymphocytic leukemia, premature newborn Brandon, and nine-year-old Freddy injured by a car while crossing the street.

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?