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Emerson Hoogendoorn was diagnosed with cancer at the young age of six. For a school project in fourth grade, she wrote an ABC book about her experiences at the Helen DeVos Children's Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Emerson thought it would be cool to turn her school project into a published book. Her teacher, Mrs. Kovacs, helped make her dream a reality. When Emerson turned 11, her disease returned. In July 2024, Emerson lost her battle with cancer. This book is her story.

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I'm Emerson the Brave, but I wasn't always known as that. My name is Emerson Hoogendoorn. I am 12 years old and I was diagnosed with brain cancer at the age of 6 when I had just finished kindergarten. I had to do many hard and challenging things and I wanted to show kids that it can be scary but you can do it because I did. In fourth grade, we did a project and wrote ABC books. We all picked a topic and wrote a full cover-to-cover ABC book and mine was things in the hospital. I told my teacher Ms. Kovacs that I thought it would be cool to make my little 4th grade project into a real book. I could use it to help kids with cancer and also to make money for my charity.This book is about my journey with cancer and the hard yet fun and exciting experiences that I've had through it. I wrote this book hoping to inspire kids to be BRAVE and to inform all the kids and even adults how things that happen in the hospital aren't always scary. I'm Emerson the Brave, but I wasn't always known as that. My name is Emerson Hoogendoorn. I am 12 years old and I was diagnosed with brain cancer at the age of 6 when I had just finished kindergarten. I had to do many hard and challenging things and I wanted to show kids that it can be scary but you can do it because I did. In fourth grade, we did a project and wrote ABC books. We all picked a topic and wrote a full cover-to-cover ABC book and mine was things in the hospital. I told my teacher Ms. Kovacs that I thought it would be cool to make my little 4th grade project into a real book. I could use it to help kids with cancer and also to make money for my charity.This book is about my journey with cancer and the hard yet fun and exciting experiences that I've had through it. I wrote this book hoping to inspire kids to be BRAVE and to inform all the kids and even adults how things that happen in the hospital aren't always scary.

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