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Gr 9-Up While other 16-year-olds are thinking about getting their driver's license or who will ask them to the school dance, terminally ill Tessa is busy making a list of 10 things she wants to do before she dies. As Tessa begins to tackle her list, she learns a great deal about those around her and even more about who she is and what she wants from the life she has left. The i...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Downham's impressive first novel is a searingly intimate portrait of a sixteen-year-old facing imminent death. When the treatments for her advanced leukemia stop working, Tessa makes a list of things she wants to do in the time she has left. Her brash best friend Zoey helps her with the illicit items (driving without a license; getting high): after all, Zoey says, "there are no consequences for someone like you." First on the list is sex, and first-time sex with a stranger is, unsurprisingly, horrible, but pursuing the list makes...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

When treatments for her advanced leukemia stop working, sixteen-year-old Tessa makes a list of things she wants to do...Log In or Sign Up to Read More