Mourning Song (One Last Wish)

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Summary: A Mourning Song
Review: .... The two lessons for life in the book Morning Song are to do things for others before yourself and to live each day to the fullest because you never know waht life may bring the next day. A lesson I learned during this book is to give to others rahter than to recieve things. In this book, Dani's older sister Cassie has a brain tummor and is undergoing radiation and chemotherapy treatments to try and help the tumor shrink. Their mother is paying for all the treatments and working overtime just so that Cassie can get the best treatments. THis shows that her mother is putting Cassie before herself and doing what is best for Cassie rather than what is best for her. Another example of this lesson is when Danis boyfriend, Austin helps make Cassie's dream come true by driving her to Florida to see the beach. Austin did this for Dani and Cassie and didn't think about the consesquences that could happen to him. He could get punished for taking his parents car, and not telling thme where he was going and arrested for kidnapping someone out of the hospitol. Austin did this just so that Cassie could have one last wish that she wanted. Since Cassie is very sick and will soon die, and she wanted to go to the beach, he took her. Feeling good about themselves, Dani and Austin drove back home after Cassie Died. They both were happy that they helped Cassie make her dream come true before her life was over. That is why it's better to do things for others before yourself. You can feel just as good, if not better, if you make others days. Another life lesson i learned from reading this book is to live each day to the fullest because you never know when your last day on earth may be. Showing a great deal of love, Dani visited Cassie everday in the hospital and slept there sometimes to make sure she spent as much time as she could with her sister before her sister was gone. Dani made the most of life. Her father died when she was younger and now her sister was dying. Bad things ahppen, but you have to move on and not cling to them. If you don't make the best of every day you could be missing out on a lot of things. If Dani hadn't visited Cassie everday, she wouldnt have had as many memories with her as she does now. IF people don't learn to cherish and treasure everday and make each day count then they wont live life to the fullest. You never know when your last day will be, so you wante to make everday count. Today could be your last day. Dani tought me that lesson and i would never forget to make sure something amazing happens each day. Mourning Song is definetely a book I would recommend reading. I enjoyed it very much and it taught me the lessons aboe. Put others before yourself sometimes and make everday of life count. Dani is a character that reminds me of some of my friends and what they would do or sacrifice for others. She has the same outlook of many people my age and is a good role model or teacher for life lessons as shown above.

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Summary: Lurlene McDaniels best book I read!
Review: Dani and her sister Cassie have been there for each other through hard times, but when Cassie gets diagnosed with an incurable brain tumor, Dani doesn't know what to do. Cassie will miss her graduation, her senior trip, and pretty much everything else that she wants to do with her friends.

Cassie is admitted into the hospital and starts radiation treatments that won't prevent her from dying, but may prolong her life by a few months. Dani feels totally helpless, and her mom does too (her mom's a bit of a control freak). When Cassie shows Dani the $100,000.00 check that she got from the One Last Wish foundation, Dani plans something her mom - and Cassie's doctors - would never approve of.

With some help from Dani's longtime friend Austin, who volunteers to drive Dani and Cassie where ever they want to go, Dani plans one last trip to the beach. So, Cassie, Dani, and Austin drive from Ohio to Florida, without telling her mom where they were going.

When the group finally reachs Florida, Dani calls her mom to tell her that they're safe, but Cassie's condition starts to worsen.

This book was good in the sense that it showed how strong the relationship between sisters is, but it wasn't as well written/interesting as most of McDaniel's books. It was a disappointment, and I recommend getting this one from the library instead of buying it.

Overall grade - C

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Summary: Lurlene McDaniels best book I read!
Review: Lurlene McDaniel is one of my favorite authors, this book Mourning Song is by far the best book i read by her. Mourning Song glued your eyes to the book. McDaniel is an author that writes about teenagers with cancer, and how they over come these illness. In this book Carrie, a senior, has been dignosed with a brain tumor. Since she's in the hosptal she misses out on her graduation, senior trip, and whatever else she had planned. Her sister is helping her fufill her dreams by going to the beach. Will Carrie live to experience this dream of hers?

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Summary: Touching
Review: Lurlene McDaniel sure ought to be proud of herself for writing such a sensational book. In Mourning Song, Dani, sister of brain tumor possessing Cassie, takes her from the hospital where she is receiving treatments to Florida so that she can see the ocean after her sister's negative prognosis. McDaniel uses plenty of emotion to get her point across: Live each day to the fullest: it may be your last chance. One turnoff was the characters. I found them to be extremely annoying and irritating, but this is a small price to pay for such a magnificent novel. The story was very sad, tears rolled down my face all day when I thought not only of poor Cassie, knowing that these were her last days alive, but of how their mother payed tousands and thousands of dollars so that her daughter had some hope. I thought of Dani, risking arrest as well as her mother's anger and hysteria to bring Cassie to Florida. And I thought of Austin risking the same as Dani. I thought of how grateful I'd be if people were that nice. This book is so touching. Read it!

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Summary: Review of the best book!
Review: This is another touching story by a great and inspirational author, Lulene McDaniel. This story tells of two sisters, one who wants to live normally again and be without a brain tumor and her loving sister who is healthy. Through a generous check the sisters take a journey to fufill the sick sister's wish. This is a touching book and I cried during it. A must read for the rainy days or for when things are not going right.

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Summary: THINGS U NEED TO TREASURE
Review: This is the first book i've read from Lurlene McDaniel and i must say it's GREAT.After reading this book i realize how much the people around me means to me and that i must always treasure them as long as i live my life.This book is about love stronger than death and i strongly agree with it.As well as life is a gift.Everyone's life is a gift and how we live our life is the gift we give ourselves and people around.I like what the character,Austin who is Dani's best friend and the one who's always been there for her durng all the pain in losing her beloved sister. Anyway,because of this book i've read i begin to Mcdaniel's story though its quite sad but that's something u should learn to cope with it in life.Hope u'll check out this book and many others too..