So Much to Live For (Companion To: Six Months to Live) [Mass Market Paperback]

Lurlene McDaniel (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 1995 | Age Level: 10 and up | Series: Companion To: Six Months to Live

Dawn Rochelle is fifteen, and the leukemia she's been fighting for the past two years is in remission again, after a successful bone marrow transplant from her brother. This summer Dawn has agreed to work as a camp counselor for younger kids with cancer. It's the same camp that she attended with her best friend, Sandy, just before Sandy died. Dawn knows that the kids need her, but being at the camp brings back painful memories. Since Dawn has so much to live for now, wouldn't it be better to just forget about everything connected with cancer?

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Dawn Rochelle is fifteen, and the leukemia she's been fighting for the past two years is in remission again, after a successful bone marrow transplant from her brother. This summer Dawn has agreed to work as a camp counselor for younger kids with cancer. It's the same camp that she attended with her best friend, Sandy, just before Sandy died. Dawn knows that the kids need her, but being at the camp brings back painful memories. Since Dawn has so much to live for now, wouldn't it be better to just forget about everything connected with cancer?

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Starfire (December 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553567632
• ISBN-13: 978-0553567632
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,916,507 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lurlene McDaniel is known for her poignant inspirational novels. She lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars So much to live for review, October 19, 2000

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Paige (Marion, Iowa USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: So Much to Live For (Companion To: Six Months to Live) (Mass Market Paperback)

I like this book because its about a girl who got Leukemia when she was my age. The girl in the books name is Dawn. She is a very special person because shes nice to almost everyone. One thing i liked about the book was the friendships. Dawn met a girl named Marlee who is about 13 yrs. old at Cancer Camp when Dawn was a counsler. Marlee was really mean to Dawn because she felt sorry for herself. Dawn had a very good heart though, when Marlee got sick and was in the hospital Dawn would visit her every day. Marlee and Dawn became very close to each other. Thats another thing about the book, its very sad because Dawn had friends who didnt have Cancer, and they didnt understand her and when she would get really close to someone who did have Cancer and understood her, they would always get sick and die. I would recommend this book to anyone who has read the other books before this one.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars this book was very informing., April 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: So Much to Live For (Companion To: Six Months to Live) (Mass Market Paperback)

This was a very serious book and if I were to rate this book from 1 to 5 I would have to give it a 5 because of the way th author wrote this book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Read, June 9, 2002

A Kid's Review

This review is from: So Much to Live For (Companion To: Six Months to Live) (Mass Market Paperback)

I thoroughly enjoyed I want to live. I could really relate to Dawn, having a sister who has acute lymphocytic leukemia. I have seen and made friends with many people like Dawn and I have found their thoughts and feelings to be similar to those in the book. McDaniel's plot is exceptional and I found the book to be very heart-touching. Keep 'em coming, Lurlene McDaniel!