My english teacher told me about it, she read it in a book club i believe, she has now left the school and i forgot the name of this book. it has something to do with a list of things to do before this girl died or something. its not the bucket list. i would really love to read this book and if anyone knows the title of it or anything else helpful i would appreciate it! thanks.
"Before I Die" by Jenny Downham
http://www.amazon.com/Before-I-Die-Jenny-Downham/dp/0385751559
"story of Tessa, who is 17 and dying of cancer. She lives with her father and younger brother and occasionally sees her estranged mother. Tessa has made of a list of the things that she wants to do before she dies. Many of the things on the list are stereotypical of the average teen: have sex, try drugs. Others are deeper: fall in love, not say no to anyone for an entire day. She completes much of her list, but the ramifications of some of them aren’t what she hoped for. Sex with someone she doesn’t know or love doesn’t fulfill her; drugs are strange and take away what little happiness she has in life. Tessa’s father struggles with his daughter’s impending death. He feeds her organic food and vitamins in the unspoken hope that somehow, something will change. He and Tessa fight each other as she tries to live what little life she has left to the fullest and he tries to protect her. How do you put limits on or ground a teenager who is going to die? How can you keep her from experiences when all she wants is to feel? She swoops in and out of depression, refusing the leave the bed for days, then suddenly wanting adventure. Her best friend gets pregnant, her parents start moving closer to each other, she falls in love with the boy next door;"
January 25th, 2010 at 12:03 am
it coud be the wish list by eoin colfer
its about a girl who dies who is was good enough to go to heaven or bad enough to go to hell so she has to go back to earth and help an old man do stuff that hes always wanted to do
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January 25th, 2010 at 12:18 am
"Before I Die" by Jenny Downham
http://www.amazon.com/Before-I-Die-Jenny-Downham/dp/0385751559
"story of Tessa, who is 17 and dying of cancer. She lives with her father and younger brother and occasionally sees her estranged mother. Tessa has made of a list of the things that she wants to do before she dies. Many of the things on the list are stereotypical of the average teen: have sex, try drugs. Others are deeper: fall in love, not say no to anyone for an entire day. She completes much of her list, but the ramifications of some of them aren’t what she hoped for. Sex with someone she doesn’t know or love doesn’t fulfill her; drugs are strange and take away what little happiness she has in life. Tessa’s father struggles with his daughter’s impending death. He feeds her organic food and vitamins in the unspoken hope that somehow, something will change. He and Tessa fight each other as she tries to live what little life she has left to the fullest and he tries to protect her. How do you put limits on or ground a teenager who is going to die? How can you keep her from experiences when all she wants is to feel? She swoops in and out of depression, refusing the leave the bed for days, then suddenly wanting adventure. Her best friend gets pregnant, her parents start moving closer to each other, she falls in love with the boy next door;"
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