Sugar Was My Best Food: Diabetes and Me - Hardcover

Peacock, Carol Antoinette; Gregory, Adair; Gregory, Kyle Carney

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9780807576465: Sugar Was My Best Food: Diabetes and Me

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0807576468 ISBN 13: 9780807576465

Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company, 1998

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Diabetes brought big changes for 11-year-old Adair and his family. He learned to prick himself to test his blood-sugar level and got used to two insulin shots a day. For a while he was too weak to run track or ride his bike.

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About the Author:

Carol Antoinette Peacock is an Albert Whitman author.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 3-4AAdair Gregory recounts how his world was turned upside down by diabetes. His initial reaction was typical-he felt scared, alone, weird. What he did next was anything but-he wrote this book for kids his age. He describes his ninth year-from symptoms and diagnosis to treatment, diabetes camp, and participation in a fund-raiser for diabetes. What is truly exceptional here is the boy's emotional candor: his surprise at the diagnosis, his squeamishness about daily injections, his frustration about taking inconvenient blood-sugar readings, his fear about his physical well-being, his disappointment at not being able to eat candy at Halloween, and, most of all, the loneliness of being different. He is also keenly perceptive about the wearying effects on his family, even the pets: "We were one big worry." His parents, however, worked with their son's doctors and school to move beyond the "it's awful" stage and gradually drew out the boy's resiliency. This appealing book is packaged with a colorful cover and has charming black-and-white illustrations. The chapters have catchy titles and the text adeptly blends medical details into the story. Adair's snail and e-mail addresses and a promise to answer every letter appear at the end. A useful title for children with this disease and those who want to know more about it.AAbigail Jane Goldberg, Brooklyn Public Library
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