coming of age, illness grants unique abilities

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coming of age, illness grants unique abilities

1brandonmack111
Yesterday, 11:29 pm

I read it some time in the mid 90's, it talked about a child getting an illness of some kind, a fever I think. Their older sibling had also had it, maybe? They would either die of it, or they would get through it, and when they did, they would have a new, unique ability. This was something everyone goes through.
It might have been scifi, might have been fantasy - it also might have been a short story in an anthology, or a shorter book.