金石堂From award-winning author Sally Nicholls, her debut novel about a boy's last months with leukemia.
1. My name is Sam.
2. I am eleven years old.
3. I collect stories and fantastic facts.
4. I have leukemia.
5. By the time you read this, I will probably be dead.
Living through the final stages of leukemia, Sam collects stories, questions, lists, and pictures that create a profoundly moving portrait of how a boy lives when he knows his time is almost up. "[I]t skirts easy sentiment to confront the hard questions head-on, intelligently and realistically and with an enormous range of feeling." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Sam is a child whom readers would want as a friend and he will be missed when the book is done." -- School Library Journal, starred review
"The energy and joy of this novel is a remarkable feat." -- Horn Book, starred review
1. My name is Sam.
2. I am eleven years old.
3. I collect stories and fantastic facts.
4. I have leukemia.
5. By the time you read this, I will probably be dead.
Living through the final stages of leukemia, Sam collects stories, questions, lists, and pictures that create a profoundly moving portrait of how a boy lives when he knows his time is almost up. "[I]t skirts easy sentiment to confront the hard questions head-on, intelligently and realistically and with an enormous range of feeling." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Sam is a child whom readers would want as a friend and he will be missed when the book is done." -- School Library Journal, starred review
"The energy and joy of this novel is a remarkable feat." -- Horn Book, starred review
