Living with a Secret

by Deborah Kent

Trapped Cassie Mullins is fed up with her parents, who think she can't be trusted to manage her diabetes. Just because she cheated on her diet and landed in the hospital. Just because she wants to be... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743400321
• ISBN13: 9780743400329
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: Simon Pulse
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.2" x 6.7"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12

Customer Reviews

A good book, but...

It's nice to see a book with more up-to-date information about diabetes, since most books like this seem to have been written in the '80s. Most of the information in the book is accurate, except for one recurring problem. The numbers given for Cassie's blood sugar, even when she says it's under good control, are consistently higher than they should be. She says everything is okay when her sugar was over 200, and she says that it should normally be between 100-150. In actuality, blood sugar should be between 90-120. While 150 is acceptable, frequently being in that range would signal poor control. Anything over 180 is considered too high. It's a minor problem, and it's true that Cassie doesn't have the best control, but the range of 'good control' at least should be corrected in a future version. Even though it's not majorly important to the story line, it is a bit misleading, especially if someone were to read this book for information about diabetes. I give the book five stars because, other than that one problem, it is well written and fairly realistic, and all the other medical information is basically correct.

An Amazing Story

This book is an amazing story. It is about a 15 year old girl who has diabetes. After ending up in the hospital for writing false glucose numbers her parents baby her and treat her like she is little. She decided to work at a sleep-a-way camp for diebetic children where she meets this really cute guy, Jason. The only thing with Camp Caribou is that she is the only counselor who has diebetes and she intends to keep it a secret until her secret is revealed. All of ehr friends and Jason feel diapointed that she didn't trust them... If you like this book read- WHY ME? THE COURAGE TO LIVE, also by Debroah Kent.