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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day and When We Were Orphans, comes an unforgettable edge-of-your-seat mystery that is at once heartbreakingly tender and morally courageous about what it means to be human. Hailsham seems like a pleasant English boarding school, far from the influences of the city. Its students are well tended and supported, trained in art and literature, and become just the sort of people the world wants...
Author
Publisher
FaithWords
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
"CBA bestselling author Lauraine Snelling delivers an emotional punch in a captivating contemporary novel about two women whose faith and family are tested by an event that is both devastating and miraculous"--Provided by the publisher.
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
"Organ donors are, by definition, altruists, and their act is even more generous when they remain anonymous. But altruism doesn't tell the whole story. There are myriad motivations, some subconscious, some conscious, that compel people to donate a part of themselves to someone they don't know. The Organ Donor Experience uncovers the desires, personalities and motivations of Good Samaritan organ donors and reveals much about the process of donating...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Edward is one of a large and close family that loves baseball, music, books, and each other, and when he unexpectedly dies and his parents donate his organs, his wonderful eyes go to a perfect recipient.
Author
Publisher
Herder Editorial
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
"Se vende cuerpo abre un complejo debate ético alrededor de la posibilidad de un sistema de compra y venta de órganos. Los grandes avances de la medicina y la cirugía ofrecen, cada vez más, la posibilidad de salvar vidas y de mejorar considerablemente su calidad gracias al trasplante de órganos. Sin embargo, esto abre un complejo debate ético entre el derecho de los enfermos a la mejor atención médica y el derecho a la integridad corporal...
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