Before I Die by Jenny Downham
Imagine being sixteen years old and living with a terminal case of leukemia and you no longer want to have treatments after four years of it; what would you do? Tessa decides to make a list of ten things she would like to do before she dies and we learn about them throughout the book. She would like to experiment with sex, drugs and criminal mischief only because she will not have the time to suffer the consequences. This was a touching book that many young adult readers will like to read especially if they have had known someone close to them that has died. This is a sad story that had me in tears at times only feeling sorry for Tessa for not being able to live her life. She is however able to experience love and in the end realizes the best thing to have around before she dies is family that loves her. This brought back many memories of my loss that our family experienced four years ago and it does make you appreciate family.
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