The Boy in the Bubble (novel)

The story follows Anne, a girl who while coming home from school one day meets Adam, who suffers from SCID.

SCID, abbreviated for severe combined immunodeficiency and dubbed 'bubble boy disease' is a birth defect where the newborn lacks T- and B-lymphocyte systems.

Weakened strains of bacteria and viruses used in vaccines are also ineffective and dangerous to patients with SCID due to lack of immune cells to combat the pathogens.

[2] The term 'bubble boy disease' is derived from the 1970s and 1980s when the story of David Vetter, a child with SCID, lived within a sterile containment for 12 years.

[4] The Boy In The Bubble has won multiple awards for its story on the impact of SCID on a young person's life.