Final Project Troubles

Now that I am a little less stressed about the final project, I have begun to think about the many problems that I had finding some quality literature in the three libraries I visited.
I wanted to find books about children dealing with serious illnesses. I figured that children who are going through these illnesses were proably really scared and had no idea what to expect. I also thought about the many parents and siblings that have worked with these children to help them through that would be able to write about it to help others going through the same thing.
Not only was I wrong about how many books there would be, but I was surprised to see the very little amount of books with insider authors.
At first I thought it was just the libraries that I was visiting. But when I was looking online for more ideas about books I realized that there were actually very few anywhere!
This was very disheartening to me and I hope that it is a genre that will continue to grow and also help students who do not have a disease like leukemia or autism learn more about the disease and understand what their peers are going through and how they can help their fellow peers get through these tough times.