MathFiction: Forever Changes (Brendan Halpin)

a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)

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Forever Changes (2008)

Brendan Halpin
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A very somber novel written for young adults about a mathematically talented teenager with cystic fibrosis. Her math teacher helps comfort her by making an analogy between the important role of the infinitesimals in calculus and the importance of even a short life.

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Very in Pieces by Megan Frazer Blakemore
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Ratings for Forever Changes:

Ratings

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Mathematical Content:
3/5 (1 votes)

Literary Quality:
3/5 (1 votes)

Categories:

Genre	Young Adult,
Motif	Female Mathematicians, Math Education,
Topic	Analysis/Calculus/Differential,
Medium	Novels,

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