Publication Date: Jan 2024
Blurb:
It’s 1935, and tuberculosis is ravaging the nation. Everyone is afraid of this deadly respiratory illness. But what happens when you actually have it?
When Halle and her mother both come down with TB, they are shunned—and then they are sent to the J.N. Adam Tuberculosis Hospital: far from home, far from family, far from the world.
Tucked away in the woods of upstate New York, the hospital is a closed and quiet place. But it is not, Halle learns, a prison. Free of her worried and difficult father for the first time in her life, she slowly discovers joy, family, and the healing power of honey on the children’s ward, where the girls on the floor become her confidantes and sisters. But when Mama suffers a lung hemorrhage, their entire future—and recovery—is thrown into question…
What To Expect:
Readers can expect a historical middle grade novel centered about the spread of tuberculosis in 1935 United States.
Content Warnings:
Language: None
Sexual Content: None
Violence: Illness related details (blood while coughing, vomiting, symptoms of TB)
Substance Use: None
Prejudices: Children in hospital often feel alone and isolated while being treated
Religious Themes: Praying to God mentioned, overall hopefulness in character throughout the book
Other Topics: The book deals greatly with sickness, for both adults and children. Miscarriage is mentioned as well as the death of a child. Character breaks the hospital rules by sneaking out at night to visit another part of the hospital. Disconnect between a daughter and a father.
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