Book excerpt: Even though Emma knows that her grandmother has bad stomach cancer and will die from it, she wants to do anything to help her Grandma. So, she tries to convince the doctors to make Grandma healthy again, to persuade Grandma to have chemotherapy done, and to invent her own medication. When Emma sees that none of this helps, she tries unsuccessfully to scold the cancer. As a last resort to help Grandma, Emma tries to reconcile with cancer and be nice to "him." When the cancer does not go away, Emma has to realize that it is time to say goodbye to her beloved Grandma. Together Emma and her grandmother remember all the wonderful days they spent together.