Two Weeks with the Queen
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Two Weeks with the Queen (ISBN 0-399-22249-9) is a 1990 novel by an Australian author, Morris Gleitzman, about a boy who, while living with relatives in England, seeks an audience with the Queen of England in his search for a cure for his brother's cancer. He has to stay with his aunt and uncle in England.
Colin Mudford is on a quest. His brother, Luke, has cancer and the doctors in Australia don't seem able to cure him. Sent to London to stay with his Aunty Iris, Colin reckons it's up to him to find the best doctor in the world. And how better to do this than by asking the Queen to help...?
This book takes the reader on a journey filled with hope and desire, but then deals with many deeper issues. This book is suitable for children to read as it deals with many life-like issues that they could come up against, but Gleitzman writes about them in a way so that children can understand. These issues include homosexuality, AIDS, cancer, death, loneliness and despair.
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