Ways To Live Forever

by SallyNicholls (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2008

  $3.27

  My name is Sam. I am eleven years old. I collect stories and fantastic facts. By the time you read this, I will probably be dead. Sam loves facts. He wants to know about UFOs and horror movies and airships and ghosts and scientists, and how it feels to kiss a girl. And because he has leukaemia he wants to know the facts about dying. Sam needs answers to the questions nobody will answer. Ways To Live Forever is the first novel from an extraordinarily talented young writer. Funny and honest, it is one of the most powerful and uplifting books you will ever read.

• Used

  Paperback
  2008

  $3.27

  My name is Sam. I am eleven years old. I collect stories and fantastic facts. By the time you read this, I will probably be dead. Sam loves facts. He wants to know about UFOs and horror movies and airships and ghosts and scientists, and how it feels to kiss a girl. And because he has leukemia he wants to know the facts about dying. Sam needs answers to the questions nobody will answer. Ways to Live Foreover is the award-winning novel from an extraordinarily talented young writer. Funny and honest, it is one of the most powerful and uplifting books you will ever read.

• Used

  Hardcover
  2008

  $4.73

  What's the hook?

  Humourous and honest, this is a powerful and uplifting novel that will appeal

  to all pupils, through the compelling voice of its narrator.

  What are the themes?

  Family, friendship, growing up, death and grief, self-discovery and hope.

  Teaching points

  The striking first person narrative switches from memoir, to scrapbook, to

  encyclopaedia, creating an original and engaging novel that is accessible to

  all pupils.