Other editions of book If I should die before I wake

Deanne doesn't want to spend her summer on silly debutante activities, like hanging out at the country club and flirting with the rich boys. She’d rather spend time with the kids in the cancer wing at the local hospital. Will Deanne's compassion lead her to love―and heartbreak?

Deanne doesn't want to spend her summer on silly debutante activities, like hanging out at the country club and flirting with the rich boys. She’d rather spend time with the kids in the cancer wing at the local hospital. Will Deanne's compassion lead her to love—and heartbreak?

Ages 12 and up. This novel is about coping with cancer, both as the victim and the friend of the victim. Emotionally compelling scenes pull the reader into the drama of Deanne and Matt--and a romance that doesn't have quite enough time to bloom. Willowisp Press imprint.

Juvenile Fiction : Social Situations - Death & Dying

Deanne doesn't want to spend her summer on silly debutante activities, like hanging out at the country club and flirting with the rich boys. Shed rather spend time with the kids in the cancer wing at the local hospital. Will Deanne's compassion lead her to loveand heartbreak?

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Fourteen-year-old Deanne decides to spend her summer vacation helping in the oncology ward of the hospital and risks having her heart broken when she befriends a young man dying of cancer.

An intimate and endearing story

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