¿Qué le pasa a la abuela de Sam?
Subtitle: los medikidz explican el cáncer de pulmón
By: por Kim Chilman-Blair, BSc, MB CHB y Shawn deLoache
Series: Medikidz explain
Publisher: American Cancer Society
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Atlanta, Georgia
Language: spa
ISBN-13: 9781604432015
Subjects: Lungs; Comic books, strips; Cancer; Juvenile literature; Graphic novels; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Health & Daily Living / Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / General
Work titles: What's up with Sam's grandma?
Description: "Lung cancer is explained in graphic novel format in this informative story that makes the science behind cancer accessible to young readers. The Medikidz are larger-than-life superheroes who live in Mediland, a living, moving virtual world within the human body. Each character is an expert on one component of human anatomy and the role it plays in fighting the disease. The Medikidz conduct a journey through Mediland, exploring complex medical issues in a language and visual style that is attractive and accessible to tweens and teens. Appropriate humor and adventure are blended with accurate facts, so young readers can understand lung cancer and its causes"--

"The Medikidz are a group of larger-than-life, space-dwelling characters who live on Mediland, a planet shaped just like the human body. Using their vast knowledge, the Medikidz take readers on a journey through Mediland, explaining complex medical issues in a language and style teens can relate to and understand. Readers can become empowered by knowledge, and patients can be provided with some skills for self-management. Issues are faced head-on, not sugarcoated"--
Notes: Grade 9 to 12