Kid Docs  (English, Paperback, Lynne Jenny)

2013 CYBILS AWARDS NOMINEE! Being a doctor isn't easy, especially when you're fourteen years old. Kid Docs is an experimental new program that trains young children to become doctors. Currently, 241 children, ages three to sixteen, are enrolled in the program. By the time they are fourteen years old, Kid Docs are full-fledged doctors, working in the hospital, using their skills on real patients. KID DOCS tells the story of fourteen-year-old Doctor Connor Hansen's first days as an emergency room doctor. Connor experiences his first pangs of love (toward fifteen-year-old obstetrician, Cassie), deals with his explosive older brother (a sixteen-year-old heart surgeon), and tries to figure out why his friendship with fourteen-year-old ER doctor, Hannah, has suddenly changed. At the same time, Connor learns to save lives and discovers that some lives cannot be saved. KID DOCS is an intelligent coming-of-age novel perfect for kids ages twelve to adult. Readers slip behind-the-scenes into a world that few people ever get to experience first-hand. It's a must-read for future doctors and for anyone who has ever wondered what it's like to be a doctor. It will appeal to readers of Lois Lowry's THE GIVER, and television fans of GREY'S ANATOMY, ER, and DOOGIE HOWSER, M.D.