Harrison, Sue. <br/><br/>
Sisu / 
Sue Harrison ; [illustrated by Jennifer Thomas]. 
 - [Holt, Mich.] :  Thunder Bay Press,  1997. 
 - 198 p. :  ill. ;  19 cm. 
<br/><br/> Twelve-year-old Wood Rye has diabetes, but convinces his friend Ulysses Jackson that the doctors have misdiagnosed him. With Jackson's help, he runs away from the hospital and hides in a forest in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. There, he battles with both his illness and the harsh wilderness in a struggle that could cost him his life. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1882376390 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Diabetes--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Adventure and adventurers--Fiction.<br/>Upper Peninsula (Mich.)--Juvenile fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS3558.A67194  / S5 1997