Before I Die
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Before I Die by Jenny Downham
For the many readers who love The Fault in Our Stars, this is the story of a girl who is determined to live, love, and to write her own ending before her time is finally up. Tessa has just months to live. Fighting back against hospital visits, endless tests, and 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 constraintsof 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, and her new boyfriend, are all painfully crystallized in the precious weeks before Tessa's time runs out. A Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book of the Year
A Booklist Editors' Choice
A Book Sense Children's Pick
A Kirkus Reviews Editors' Choice
A Publishers Weekly Flying Start Author
An ALA-YALSA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults The newly released feature film Now Is Good, starring Dakota Fanning, is based on Jenny Downham's intensely moving novel.
Jenny Downham is a critically acclaimed, international bestseller. Her debut novel, Before I Die, was shortlisted for numerous awards in the UK, including the Guardian Award and the Lancashire Children's Book of the Year, was nominated for the Carnegie Medal and the Booktrust Teenage Prize, and won the Branford Boase Award. Before I Die was turned into a movie called Now is Good starring Dakota Fanning in 2012. Her most recent novel, Unbecoming, garnered four starred reviews and was an Entertainment Weekly Must List pick. Jenny lives in London with her two sons.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780385751834 |
| ISBN 10 | 0385751834 |
| Title | Before I Die |
| Author | Jenny Downham |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc |
| Year published | 2009-05-26 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Prizes | Winner of ALA Best Books for Young Adults Top 10., Winner of Book Sense Children's Pick List., Winner of Booklist Children's Editors' Choice ., Winner of Kirkus Reviews Editor Choice Award., Winner of Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book of the Year., Winner of Publishers Weekly Flying Start Author. |
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