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by Jenny Downham
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Six Strings & Paperbacks
Six Strings & Paperbacks rated it 13 years ago
It touched me. Broke down my walls and brought forth the tears that have been locked away.
JennieBasset
JennieBasset rated it 14 years ago
Sweetly sad. Tess is dying from the moment we meet her. Her resolve to make a list and run it down before she runs down works in this story. It isn't some sappy, bucket-list plot device but rather a hopeful, funny, and resolute way for Tess to finish out her short life. Outside of Tess, who is str...
Books & Coffee
Books & Coffee rated it 14 years ago
This is a really sad and emotional book, and I liked it very much. I knew from the beginning Tessa was going to die, because a friend of me read it first and she told me, and at the beginning I didn’t really care that much. But while reading the book I really started caring about her and I kept hopi...
Sticky Note Quotes
Sticky Note Quotes rated it 14 years ago
I was very surprised by this book I was expecting the normal cancer book (yes there is a few different books on cancer Sunshine and Side Effects for example) they are usually good and you cry a little at the end. But with this book I spent the last 100 pages crying my eyes out, I cared so much about...
Andi's ABCs
Andi's ABCs rated it 14 years ago
A really deep story that gets you thinking and wondering what kind of list you would make if you knew you were dying. At times Tessa was a little whiny but then I would remind myself that she was 16 and had a death sentence and would let it go. I loved how the relationship developed between her an...
Bibliofiend's Bookbag
Bibliofiend's Bookbag rated it 14 years ago
A dying teen with a bucket list. While it may sound like Sparks' " A Walk to Remember", Tessa's story is profoundly more heartfelt. I found myself immersed in her grief. Sobbed at the end.
Feelingfictional
Feelingfictional rated it 14 years ago
Tessa is just 16 years old and she's dying of Leukemia. She knew she would die young but she wasn't prepared for it to be happening so soon. She wants to make the most of her last few months though and has written a list of 10 things she wants to do before she dies. Can she achieve all of her goa...
Kerstin
Kerstin rated it 14 years ago
too depressing...
My Blogtastiic reviews
My Blogtastiic reviews rated it 14 years ago
I loved this book. It was so emotional and sad. But you definitely something that does happen in real life.I love how, even though she had accepted what was happening to her.. she doesn't let it get her down.By making this list, she was trying to do all the things she wanted to do, but probably neve...
PennyG
PennyG rated it 14 years ago
I feel like a jerk for not giving this story more stars. I mean, it's a book about a sixteen year old girl trying to live life to the fullest before dying of cancer. I keep thinking only a heartless baby-eating monster would give this book less then four stars. Well, I suppose I am that monster, ...
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