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Six Months to Live

by Lurlene McDaniel · 1985

Dawn Rochelle seriesbook 1 of 5Next:I Want to Live(1987) →

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Thirteen is supposed to be a great age—dances, cheerleading, boys—she never thought it would also include cancer.

Dawn Rochelle is about to face the toughest fight of her life—a fight she has to win. Otherwise, she has only six months to live.

Genre
literary fictionromancewomen’s fictioncoming of age
Themes
childhoodcancerillnessmedicalchristian
Setting
1980s
Mood
inspirationalsadtear jerker
Subject
health
Audience
young adultchildrens
Length
short · 136 pages

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