http://evpl.org/community/search/SearchResults.aspx?a=1&o=DateDescending&tag=book+review,Sally+Nicholls&orTags=0Search results matching tags 'book review' and 'Sally Nicholls'en-USCommunityServer 2008 SP1 (Build: 30619.63)http://evpl.org/community/blogs/kids/archive/2010/03/22/ways-to-live-forever.aspxMon, 22 Mar 2010 16:05:00 GMT9a7b961d-7882-4302-b701-732ca0e566f2:2134bookchick@evpl<p><img height="120" width="80" src="http://contentcafe2.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=III21&amp;Password=BT0005&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=S&amp;Value=9780545069489&amp;erroroverride=1" alt="Book Jacket" style="float:left;" />What if you knew you were going to die? </p> <p>In&nbsp;<em>Ways to Live Forever</em> by&nbsp;Sally Nicholls we meet an eleven-year-old boy named Sam who is dying from leukemia. Amazingly brave, Sam writes a list of things he would like to do before he dies. This leads him to write a book with his thoughts on dying, questions no one ever answers and the ways in which he and his family come to terms with his impending death.</p> <p>While sentimental and poignant, this touching story never crosses the line by overly dramatizing the events in Sam&#39;s last months. </p> <p><img height="117" width="80" src="http://contentcafe2.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=III21&amp;Password=BT0005&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=S&amp;Value=0689856393&amp;erroroverride=1" alt="book jacket" style="float:left;" />I also recommend <em>Kira-Kira </em>by Cynthia Kadohata, another beautifully written story dealing with the difficult questions of dying and loss in sensitive and gentle ways.</p>