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Before I Die

Before I Die

by JennyDownham (Author)

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    Paperback 2014

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Synopsis

Tessa has just a few months to live. So she compiles her bucket list, her To Do Before I Die list. 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. Heartbreaking yet astonishingly life-affirming, Before I Die will take you to the very edge.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 336
 Publisher: Definitions (Young Adult)
Published: 14 Aug 2014
ISBN 10: 1909531162
ISBN 13: 9781909531161
Children’s book age: 12+ Years
 Book Overview: For fans of THE FAULT IN OUR STARS, this is the powerful, award-winning story of a teenage girl and how she chooses to spend her final weeks of life.

Media Reviews
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 *
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 *
Before I Die is so real, so sad, so true - and I so wish I'd written it myself * Jacqueline Wilson *
Tough but tender, angry rather than resigned, Tessa is an appealing heroine whose company is never less than bracing * Independent *
Author Bio
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.