num_pages: 224
description: "I know about needles," writes Andie Dominick in this beautifully rendered memoir about growing up with juvenile diabetes. As a little girl, these needles belong to Andie's older sister, Denise, a diabetic since the age of two. Andie worships her older sister -- wants to look like her, act like her, be her. Unfortunately, when she is nine years old, part of her wish comes true. Denise helps diagnose Andie with juvenile diabetes, and from then on the needles belong to her.
language: English
title: Needles: A Memoir of Growing Up with Diabetes
titlecomplete: Needles: A Memoir of Growing Up with Diabetes
genres: Biography, Memoir, Nonfiction, Childrens, Disability, Disease
ratings_count: 283
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: ALA Alex Award
publisher: Scribner