TY - BOOK AU - Mand, Adrienne AU - Barber, Shawn TI - Fighting the Odds : : One Kid's to save his Friend SN - 0439686237 U1 - 362.8 PY - 2004/// CY - New York PB - Scholastic Inc., KW - Bone marrow Transplantation Juvenile literature, English KW - Juvenile works N1 - Children; Lexile; Lexile 610 N2 - "Alden Tucker fought to save his friend's life. You might not think the law has anything to do with your life. and you might not think you have any power to change the laws. But a kid named Alden Tucker found out that wsn't true. when Alden was 15, his good friend Michael Penon was dying of cancer. Alden did everything he could to save his friend. But rules and regulations got in his way. Alden vowed that he'd fight these rules-even if he had to take on the Government." ER -