Name: Before I Die By Jenny Downham
SKU: 9781849920452
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Before I Die Summary

Before I Die by Jenny Downham

Tessa has just a few months to live. Fighting back against hospital visits, endless tests, drugs with excruciating side-effects, Tessa compiles a list. It's her To Do Before I Die list. And number one is sex. Released from the constraints of 'normal' life, Tessa tastes new experiences to make her feel alive while her failing body struggles to keep up. Tessa's feelings, her relationships with her father and brother, her estranged mother, her best friend, her new boyfriend, all are painfully crystallized in the precious weeks before Tessa's time finally runs out. BEFORE I DIE is a brilliantly-crafted novel, heartbreaking yet astonishingly life-affirming. It will take you to the very edge.

Before I Die Reviews

Before I Die is so real, so sad, so true - and I so wish I'd written it myself * Jacqueline Wilson *
Novels for young teenagers do not usually feature drugs and casual sex within the first 20-odd pages. But most books for teenagers will not leave an adult reader's eyes so blurry with tears that it's hard to see the final chapters. Jenny Downham's extraordinary first novel does both * The Sunday Times *
Tough but tender, angry rather than resigned, Tessa is an appealing heroine whose company is never less than bracing -- Nicholas Tucker * Independent *
This is an affecting and brave novel. Tessa is such a rich character . . . For everyone, it is a reminder to value the people that matter, seize the moment, wish with courage, adventure with relish, even if it's just a trip to the swimming pool, drinking hot chocolate or driving down a dual carriageway in the rain * Guardian *
Destined to drive hundreds of thousands of readers to tears and to swift injunctions to all their friends to read it * Observer *

About Jenny Downham

Jenny Downham was an actress for many years before concentrating on her writing full-time. She lives in London with her two sons. Her debut novel Before I Die was critically acclaimed and was shortlisted for the 2007 Guardian Award and the 2008 Lancashire Children's Book of the Year, nominated for the 2008 Carnegie Medal and the 2008 Booktrust Teenage Prize, and won the 2008 Branford Boase Award.

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GOR002097414

ISBN 13

9781849920452

ISBN 10

1849920451

Title

Before I Die by Jenny Downham

Author

Jenny Downham

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Penguin Random House Children's UK

Year published

20100429

Number of pages

336

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This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

Before I Die Jenny Downham

Before I Die by Jenny Downham

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Before I Die Summary

Before I Die by Jenny Downham

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About Jenny Downham

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