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Before I Die

Jenny Downham

Before I Die
Before I Die

Before I Die

Jenny Downham

Paperback | English
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Description

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.

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

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

Destined to drive hundreds of thousands of readers to tears and to swift injunctions to all their friends to read it

Before I Die is so real, so sad, so true - and I so wish I'd written it myself

Tough but tender, angry rather than resigned, Tessa is an appealing heroine whose company is never less than bracing

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.

Specifications

  • Publisher
    Definitions
  • Pub date
    Jul 2015
  • Pages
    336
  • Theme
    Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Dating, relationships, romance and love
  • Dimensions
    198 x 129 x 20 mm
  • Weight
    234 gram
  • EAN
    9781909531161
  • Paperback
    Paperback
  • Language
    English

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