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Oct. 16th, 2007 | 08:59 am

BEFORE I DIE
By Jenny Downham
David Fickling Books, 2007

Category: Young adult fiction



Practical details:

  • I connected to the BEFORE I DIE buzz at EmilyReads (read this post), and was intrigued.


  • My friend Jane, librarian extraordinaire, saved it for me when it arrived at her library; otherwise I might never have gotten my mitts on it.


  • I read it (lived it, really) for two days.



    • Less-than-practical truths:

  • I was utterly taken from the first chapter.


  • This was a book I read only in quiet moments when I could lose myself. No reading in the car during pickup, no reading at the stove while fixing dinner. I read this book only when there was quiet space to curl up and feel it. (As mothers of three don’t often have such quiet space, I had to make it. And I did. For this book.)


  • I was inconsolable at THE END. And let’s face it: I knew all along how it would end.


  • Tessa is a girl I will think about for a long while. Perhaps always.



    • Here's a review from The New York Times.





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    Comments {1}

    Julie M. Prince

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    from: [info]jmprince
    date: Oct. 17th, 2007 06:38 pm (UTC)
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    I love love LOVED this book, too!
    I also read it in two days and will remember Tessa for a long time!

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