She Died Too Young (One Last Wish) (Paperback)

by Lurlene McDaniel (Author) "KATIE O'ROARK WATCHED her boyfriend, Josh Martel, read through her friend Chelsea James's letter..." (more)
Key Phrases: track scholarship, one donor, Chelsea James, Jenny Crawford, University of Michigan (more...)

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Product Description
Chelsea James and Katie O'Roark met at Jenny House and spent a wonderful summer together.

Now Chelsea and her mother are staying with Katie as Chelsea awaits news concerning a heart transplant. While waiting for a compatible donor, Chelsea meets Jillian, a girl who's funny and kind. Jillian is also waiting. She needs a heart-lung transplant. The two girls become fast friends. When Chelsea meets Jillian's brother, he awakens feelings in Chelsea she's never known before. However, as her medical situation grows desperate, Chelsea finds herself in a contest for her life against her very best friend.

Is it fair that there's only a chance for one of them to survive?

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Chelsea James and Katie O'Roark met at Jenny House and spent a wonderful summer together.

Now Chelsea and her mother are staying with Katie as Chelsea awaits news concerning a heart transplant. While waiting for a compatible donor, Chelsea meets Jillian, a girl who's funny and kind. Jillian is also waiting. She needs a heart-lung transplant. The two girls become fast friends. When Chelsea meets Jillian's brother, he awakens feelings in Chelsea she's never known before. However, as her medical situation grows desperate, Chelsea finds herself in a contest for her life against her very best friend.

Is it fair that there's only a chance for one of them to survive?

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Product Details

• Reading level: Young Adult
  
• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Laurel Leaf (February 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553562630
• ISBN-13: 978-0553562637
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #515,812 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous, December 2, 2001

By	Kristen (Toronto, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

Another addition to the story of friends Lacey, Chelsea, Amanda, Jillian and Katie, its a must-read. Chelsea is on the beeper for a heart transplant, and staying with Katie's family. Katie's success with a heart transplant gives Chelsea hope, but after living with a heart disease her entire life, Chelsea is getting sicker each day. At a class for hopeful tranplant receipiants, Chelsea meets Jillian, a sassy, up-beat red-head with a Texan twang and a rich father. Jillian is not only in need of a heart, but a 'pair of lungs.' Jillian and Chelsea can relate, and become instant friends. But one night both girls' beepers go... but there's only one heart, and two lungs. Do the doctors save three people, or one?

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book will make you value life a little bit more., October 29, 1999

By A Customer

This book by Lurlene McDaniel is AWESOME. It was the first one of all her books that I have read. I saw it at a bookstore and at first hated it, but then I really got into it. This book is for those who have a heart and are willing to give this book a try, otherwise don't even touch the book. I have since read many others by Lurlene McDaniel, and while they have the basic story-line, they really are rather different. Read this and then more in the series

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A story in which you must have a tissue to read, January 22, 1999

By A Customer

Chelsea James has just moved onto a beeper for a heart transplant and is staying with her friend from the summer, Katie O'Roark. Chelsea is in a support group, and there she meets Jillian, who is awaiting a heart-lung transplant. Jillian and Chelsea become the best of friends. When they are both beeped for the same heart, the hospital must choose only one of them. Who will it be?