John Green
As lighthearted a look at teen cancer as is probably possible. I didn't think this was a great book in that the story was pretty straight forward. A couple of kids with cancer meet up and probe the existential world they live in. Neither is really interested in developing real relationships because they don't want to be a "grenade" for the other. But relationships happen and the characters are appropriately cynical, thoughtful about their disease, expressing their teen angst, and mature beyond their years. It is a quick read, and enjoyable... just not astounding. I would still recommend Going Bovine, although it is not explicitly about cancer, but about the wacky way a particular brain may try to cope with extreme stress (which is cancer induced). Maybe these two books would be a good point/counterpoint on how to write about the ugliness of adolescent mortality?
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