"Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.” — William Wordsworth

What Is This Book About?
When a child is diagnosed with cancer, the entire family is affected. While attention rightfully turns to the child receiving treatment, siblings are too often overlooked—though never intentionally. Jamie’s Journey: Cancer from the Voice of a Sibling by Sharon Wozny gives those siblings a voice.

Told with honesty and compassion, the book helps children acknowledge and express complex feelings—sadness, worry, anger, jealousy, guilt, and love—while reassuring them they are not alone. The book also includes a guided journal section led by Speckles, Jamie’s beloved stuffed animal, encouraging siblings to process emotions through writing, drawing, and creative self-expression. Speckles also comes to life as a one-of-a-kind performance puppet used by the author, offering a tangible source of comfort.

Jamie’s Journey is more than a story—it’s a practical, hopeful resource for families, educators, child-life specialists, and counselors who want to support the whole family during a pediatric cancer journey.

What Makes This Book Unique?
Jamie’s Journey is unique in that it’s designed especially for the siblings of pediatric cancer patients. Author Sharon Wozny draws from her experience volunteering with Children’s Cancer Network for the past three years. During the time she’s spent with young cancer patients and their families, Wozny has discovered that the patients’ siblings face unique challenges. “They endure so much,” she said. “They feel so much pain on so many levels and need to know that they are heroes also…” Wozny has made the second half of the book an interactive journal, offering siblings of pediatric cancer patients a safe place to share their thoughts and feelings.