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Old Before My Time: Hayley Okines' Life With Progeria

By Alison , Okines , Hayley;Okines , Kerry;Stokes

Book information

Publisher
Accent Press Ltd;Start Publishing LLC
ISBN
9781908192554, 1908192550, 9781632280480, 1632280485
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
9 MB (8916874 bytes)
Pages
140 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52

Description

The extraordinary life of Britain s 100-year-old teenager. Hayley Okines is like no other 13-year-old schoolgirl. Born with the rare genetic condition progeria, she ages eight times faster than the average person. In medical terms her body is like that of a 100-year-old woman. Yet she faces her condition with immense courage and a refreshing lack of self-pity. In Old Before My Time, Hayley reflects on her unusual life. Share Hayley s excitement as she travels the world meeting her pop heroes Kylie, Girls Aloud and Justin Bieber and her sadness as she loses her best friend to the disease at the.

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