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If I Should Die Before I Wake

by Lurlene McDaniel · 1985

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Fourteen-year-old Deanne decides to spend her summer vacation helping in the oncology ward of the hospital and risks having her heart broken when she befriends a young man dying of cancer.

Genre
romanceromanceMore like thisLess of this
Themes
cancercancerMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1980s1980sMore like thisLess of this
Mood
inspirationalinspirationalMore like thisLess of this
Audience
young adultchildrens
Length
short · 125 pages

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