[T]he emotional core of the novel is convincingly powerful. Even through their inevitable tears, teens will likely appreciate the well-researched depiction of losing a loved one to cancer.
--Booklist
--Booklist
Description
Jodi Picoult for teens meets Lurlene McDaniel. Beautiful written, beautifully moving, a vivid contemporary story of a girl’s unusual but terrible dilemma - and the love story that springs from it.
Erin Bailey’s life changes forever the day her mom is diagnosed with breast cancer. It’s always just been Erin and Mom, so living without her is not an option.
Life takes another turn when her mom’s cancer is linked to a rare genetic mutation, and Erin must decide whether to have her own DNA tested. Is it better to know now? Or should she wait until she is older? With a future so uncertain now, Erin finds comfort in two places: Ashley, a new online friend who understands Erin’s newly found genetic burden, and flying lessons, where looking to the horizon calms her fears.
Summoning courage she never knew she had, Erin embarks on a journey from the depths of frustration and despair to the heights of freedom and acceptance in a thought-provoking story about life, death, and difficult choices along the way.
Jodi Picoult for teens meets Lurlene McDaniel. Beautiful written, beautifully moving, a vivid contemporary story of a girl’s unusual but terrible dilemma - and the love story that springs from it.
Erin Bailey’s life changes forever the day her mom is diagnosed with breast cancer. It’s always just been Erin and Mom, so living without her is not an option.
Life takes another turn when her mom’s cancer is linked to a rare genetic mutation, and Erin must decide whether to have her own DNA tested. Is it better to know now? Or should she wait until she is older? With a future so uncertain now, Erin finds comfort in two places: Ashley, a new online friend who understands Erin’s newly found genetic burden, and flying lessons, where looking to the horizon calms her fears.
Summoning courage she never knew she had, Erin embarks on a journey from the depths of frustration and despair to the heights of freedom and acceptance in a thought-provoking story about life, death, and difficult choices along the way.