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English
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"When a man is found on a British beach, drifting in and out of consciousness, with no identification and unable to speak, interest in him is sparked immediately. From the hospital staff who find themselves inexplicably drawn to him, to international medical experts who are baffled by him, to the national press who call him Mr. Nobody, everyone wants answers. Who is this man? And what happened to him? Some memories are best forgotten. Neuropsychiatrist...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
You've never met anyone like Randle Patrick McMurphy. He's a boisterous, brawling, fun-loving rebel who swaggers into the ward of a mental hospital and takes over. He's a lusty, profane, life-loving fighter who rallies the other patients around him by challenging the dictatorship of Big Nurse. He promotes gambling in the ward, smuggles in wine and women, and at every turn, openly defies her rule. The contest starts as sport, with McMurphy taking bets...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
"Vienna, 1914. Lucius is a twenty-two-year-old medical student when World War I explodes across Europe. Enraptured by romantic tales of battlefield surgery, he enlists, expecting a position at a well-organized field hospital. But when he arrives--at a commandeered church tucked away high in a remote valley of the Carpathian Mountains--he discovers a freezing outpost ravaged by typhus. The other doctors have fled, and only a single mysterious nurse...
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Description
When patients mysteriously take a turn for the worse at San Francisco Medical Center, Lieutenant Lindsay Boxer and the Women's Murder Club must face an unspeakable menace, possibly the most terrifying situation they have encountered.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Separated from the man in the yellow hat while at a Christmas tree farm, Curious George ends up at a hospital where he delights the child patients with his own brand of tree trimming.
Author
Publisher
Pebble, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Hospitals are busy places filled with sick and injured people and their caregivers. Who are the people who keep hospitals running? From schedulers to doctors and nurses to IT staff, many people work together to serve the needs of a hospital. Learn about their important work"--Provided by publisher.
8) Hospitals
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Series
Publisher
Cody Koala, an imprint of Pop!
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text introduce readers to the purpose, people, and layout of hospitals. Early readers are able to experience the goings on in a hospital and meet the doctors and nurses who take care of the community. Features include a table of contents, an infographic, fun facts, Making Connections questions, a glossary, and an index. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their learning....
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Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
350 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
When Charlotte Smith's wealthy parents commit her beloved sister Phoebe to the infamous Goldengrove Asylum, Charlotte knows there's more to the story than madness. She risks everything and follows her sister inside, surrendering her real identity as a privileged young lady of San Francisco society to become a nameless inmate, Woman 99. The longer she stays, the more she realizes that many of the women of Goldengrove aren't insane, merely inconvenient...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In an Ireland doubly ravaged by war and disease, Nurse Julia Power works at an understaffed hospital in the city center, where expectant mothers who have come down with the terrible new Flu are quarantined together. Into Julia's regimented world step two outsiders -- Doctor Kathleen Lynn, a rumoured Rebel on the run from the police , and a young volunteer helper, Bridie Sweeney. In the darkness and intensity of this tiny ward, over three days, these...
11) Poppet
Author
Series
Jack Caffery volume 6
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
378 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The Maude is outside. It wants to come in. It wants to sit on your chest. The mentally ill patients in Beechway High Secure Unit are highly suggestible. A hallucination can spread like a virus. When unexplained power cuts lead to a series of horrifying incidents, fear spreads from the inmates to the staff. Amidst the growing hysteria, AJ, a senior psychiatric nurse, is desperate to protect his charges. Detective Inspector Jack Caffery is looking...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Description
"The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko is comic and staggeringly tragic, often both in a single sentence ... A grittier, Eastern European, more grown-up The Fault in Our Stars."--Eowyn Ivey, author of The Snow Child. Seventeen-year-old Ivan Isaenko is a life-long resident of the Mazyr Hospital for Gravely Ill Children in Belarus. Born deformed, yet mentally keen with a frighteningly sharp wit, strong intellect, and a voracious appetite for books, Ivan...
Author
Series
Spoiler alert volume 2
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Following Spoiler Alert, Olivia Dade returns with another utterly charming romantic comedy about a devil-may-care actor—-who actually cares more than anyone knows-—and the no-nonsense woman hired to keep him in line.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"James Patterson and Matt Eversmann, #1 bestselling coauthors of Walk in My Combat Boots, powerfully present the medical frontline heroes who work to save our lives every day: E.R. Nurses. Around the clock, across the country, these highly skilled and compassionate men and women sacrifice and struggle for us and our families. You have never heard their true stories. Not like this. From big-city and small-town hospitals. From behind the scenes. From...
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Series
Farah Rocks volume 4
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
133 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
When her little brother faces a lengthy stay in the hospital, Farah is sent to visit her grandmother in Florida. Sitti Fayrouz doesn't speak much English, and she has rules about everything. Even worse, Farah manages to make an enemy out of one of her grandmother's neighbors--before she even arrives in Florida. Will Farah find a way to have fun being the only kid in a retirement community, or will she spend the trip worrying about her brother and...
17) Bunny Call
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
212 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
When left in darkness, rage festers. Years of frustration with his family culminate in a loathsome vacation for Bob, who plots a sinister prank to frighten his wife and kids. Matt redirects the residual anger over his many failed relationships into a video game, and ends up birthing the horrible consequences. In room 1280 of Heracles Hospital, something evil is keeping a man alive, a man with gruesome burns all over his body and an iron will to live....
18) Jake
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
162 p. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
When ten-year-old Jake's widowed mother breaks her leg just before Christmas while her sister and best friend are both away, a grandfather Jake barely remembers must come to Baltimore, Maryland, to help a neighbor take care of him.
Author
Series
Critter Club volume 21
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Little Simon paperback edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
121 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When Amy meets the owner of a brand-new puppy at her mom's vet clinic, she agrees to help the woman train her new pet. Amy does such a great job, she starts getting calls from more puppy owners! Things go great for a while, but soon, Amy is in way over her head. She can't say no to a puppy in need and has taken on way too many clients! Amy barely has time for school or her friends in between all the puppies. Can she dig herself out of this hole before...
Author
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
Recounting the stories of five individuals denied access to medical care due to a lack of adequate insurance, a physician at Ben Taub General Hospital in Houston--which emphasizes people over payments--interweaves their dramas into a singular narrative that contradicts the established idea that the only way to receive good healthcare is with good insurance.