Gut reaction by Larson, Kirby 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2024)

BTSB #: 543608 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   


Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Crohn's disease - Fiction Children with disabilities - Fiction Grief - Fiction Baking - Fiction Father-daughter relationship - Fiction

Summary: Tess Medina is dealing with the loss of her beloved father, a new school, and the troubling fact that the thing she enjoys most in life, baking, seems to be making her increasingly ill--something she is trying to hide from everybody.

Will on the inside by Eliopulos, Andrew 

BTSB Prebound(Quill Tree Books, 2023)

BTSB #: 305563 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 5.1 MG

Genres: Sports

Subjects: Middle schools - Fiction Gay youth - Fiction Crohn's disease - Fiction Soccer - Fiction

Summary: Dedicated soccer player Will is diagnosed with Crohn's disease, and after he is sidelined for the season and his friend group starts to shift unexpectedly, he finds himself figuring out who he really is on the inside.

Year my life went down the toilet by Arlow, Jake Maia 

BTSB Prebound(Dial Books for Young Readers, 2023)

BTSB #: 068318 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
Lexile: 770 F&P: Z+

Genres: Humorous Fiction

Subjects: Crohn's disease - Fiction Coming out (Sexual orientation) - Fiction Lesbians - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Middle schools - Fiction School stories

Summary: Twelve-year-old Al, short for Alison, navigates an overprotective mother, growing apart from her best friend, and her first girl crush, all while her recent Crohn's diagnosis puts a knot in her stomach.