The Boy in 7 Billion by Callie Blackwell

The Boy in 7 Billion by Callie Blackwell

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The powerful and moving true story of a remarkable relationship and a tenacious fight for survival. Callie reveals her son's struggle through the physical and mental torment of battling cancer against impossible odds, and the truth behind her son's 'miraculous recovery' that she has held secret for years.

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The Boy in 7 Billion by Callie Blackwell

Deryn Blackwell is a walking, talking miracle. At the age of 10, he was diagnosed with Leukaemia. Then, 18 months later, he developed another rare form of cancer called Langerhan's cell sarcoma. Only five other people in the world have it. He is the youngest of them all, and the only person in the world known to be fighting it alongside another cancer... ...making him one in seven billion. He and his parents were told that there was no hope of survival. And so, at the age of 14, after four years of intensive treatment, exhausted by the fight and with just days to live, Deryn planned his own funeral. But on the point of death, Deryn's condition suddenly and dramatically changed. His medical team had deemed this an impossibility. His recovery was nothing short of a miracle. Unexplainable. However, Deryn's desperate mother, Callie was hiding a secret... An inspirational story that will grip you from the very first pages.
Callie Blackwell is a British author, advocate and activist. After documenting her son Deryn's journey for so many years and seeing the positive effect it had on so many people, she felt driven to write the full story and encourage people to ask more questions about their own options when it comes to illness.
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ISBN 13 9781907324628
ISBN 10 1907324623
Title The Boy in 7 Billion
Author Callie Blackwell
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Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Mirror Books
Year published 2017-04-06
Number of pages 500
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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