Still Handsome By Stephanie White Analysis

Chicken Soup for the Teen Soul
Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hanson, Stephanie H, Meyer and John Meyer
Pages: 187
Title: Still Handsome Author: Julie White This story is about a relationship between a sister and her brother, and how the sister learns to be grateful for what she has in life instead of what she could have. In this story the older sister to her brother Jay was complaining about her hair and how it always seem to be a mess especially in the winter. However, one day it seemed to fade away to the least of her problems. It all started one day when her brother Jay was complaining about the cold temperature in the room and also about the pain in his arm. It really didn’t seem to be a concern to their parents they just thought it was Jay trying to adjust to kindergarten. In this case kindergarten wasn’t the problem, and it was only a matter of time before Jay’s parents realized that. One day Jay and his sister were playing

She also didn’t have a lot of energy as kid for her age. She was constantly getting sick and always had a pain in her side. She went to the doctor’s office, but they all said it was growing pain. Later one night she was vomiting, had a high fever and her feet were purple. Her parents rushed her to the Emergency room later finding out the she need to get her appendix out or so they thought. Her feet became numb and her urine was brown the doctors knew then that it wasn’t her appendix that was the problem. The next day she was taken to the Children’s Hospital only to find out that she had a rare kidney disease. The doctors said she had a two percent chance of living and that she would need a transplant fright away. She was put on the transplant list and in her case she was able to get a match. A couple months after her kidney transplant and a long recovery time she was in four sports, had many friends, and was living life to the