While preparing for our author visit by Patricia Polacco in April, I came across The Lemonade Club. Given that one of our fifth grade teachers, one of his students, and our principal are shaving their heads for St. Baldrick's, it was the perfect book to read to my class. It's about a fifth grade girl with leukemia and a class that keeps her spirit up by shaving their own heads! In an interesting twist, their teacher also has cancer - breast cancer. It's a great lesson that...
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