This powerful and eye opening picture book uses the first-person testimony of Jasper, a 10-year-old boy with cystic fibrosis. Jasper explains what his condition is, the treatment he receives and the emotional challenges he faces.
Using Jasper's real first-person testimony creates an intimate and direct tone that will help students to empathise with people's differences. Jasper's circumstances are easily relatable to children; he talks about school, his brother, friends, his hobbies and explains the complications that cystic fibrosis brings to these situations.
The BAFTA award-winning stories were originally produced as animations for the BBC. Aimed at children aged 9 and up, these powerful and evocative stories have now been captured in book form as rich, visual testimonies of the impact an illness has on a child's daily life and how they cope and are able to enjoy the life that they have.
| ISBN: | 9781445156040 |
| Publication date: | 10th August 2017 |
| Author: | Nandita Jain, Andy Glynne |
| Publisher: | Franklin Watts an imprint of Hachette Children's Group |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 32 pages |
| Series: | Living With Illness |
| Genres: |
Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Body and health |