One Last Wish: Three Novels

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Summary: One Last Wish
Review: How will you feel if someone tells you that you only have six more months to live? What will you do if you discover that you are diagnosed with Leukemia? And how will you help a boy who has tons of wishes to fulfill in his life, but is dying because he needs an urgent liver transplant? In this novel, the author Lurlene McDaniel writes three touching and heart-warming stories all about teenagers diagnosed with life-threatening diseases. The first story, Mother Help Me live, describes an adopted child, Sara, suffering from Leukemia. In order for her to survive, she must find her birth mother. Readers read a long stream of struggling from Sara¡¦s disbelief in her adoption, up to the end when a shocking fact about her birth mother is revealed. The importance of love and family is showed¡Xfamily members will always love each other no matter if they are blood related or not. I am really touched by the story because I can almost feel how Sara is hurting mentally and physically, and how hopeless but optimistic her family is. In the other story, Sixteen and Dying, Ann discovers that she is infected with HIV. She has the opportunity to go to a ranch and spend her last wonderful times there, and she meets someone who changes her life. We can see step by step how angry and confused she feels when she knows she has HIV, and when she finally understands to accept what she can¡¦t change, face the reality, and live as happy as she can. These stories are all based on a person known as JWC generously donating checks to these ill teenagers, letting them use the money to accomplish what they want before they die. These novels have made me cry, and every time I start reading, I need a box of tissue beside me. Before, I always whined about how my life was horrible with all the homework and pressure from schoolwork. But after reading Lurlene McDaniels¡¦ stories and seeing how teenagers my age are suffering from much more than I am, I finally started to appreciate what I had, stopped complaining, and always thought on the bright side.

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Summary: A great book but could have a better ending
Review: I am currently reading One Last Wish. I have finished the first story, "Mother, Help me Live". To be perfectly honest it was so addicting that I would read it at red lights while driving home from work. The only thing that made it get 4 stars instead of 5 stars is the ending...it kinda just ends that is it. I still am not sure if there is a sequel but I am not sure that it is possible for one. This story I was able to put myself in Sarah's shoes. Mrs. McDaniel is able to take a reader and almost make them feel what they are feeling.

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Summary: Overall a good book.
Review: I believe that One Last Wish by Lurlene McDaniel is an excellent book, in that it gives people the piont of veiw of what it is like to be sick or dealing with a really tough health issue. Usually people can't understand how people are feeling, until they have experienced it themselves, but this shows how people feel, so others don't have to guess.

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Summary: I Know from Experience
Review: I have been a huge fan of Lurlene McDaniel's for years. When I was 10 I was diagnosed with a kidney disease, I've had a transplant and I'm back on dialysis now 'cause it failed and I have never known how to put what I was feeling into words, but somehow McDaniel does it over and over again in each of her books. She is the only author that can make me cry. This book is excellent...I was up til 2 a.m. just this morning finishing it 'cause I just couldn't bare to put it down. I recommend you read this book if your looking for excellent stories with good messages.

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Summary: I Know from Experience
Review: I have been a huge fan of Lurlene McDaniel's for years. When I was 10 I was diagnosed with a kidney disease, I've had a transplant and I'm back on dialysis now 'cause it failed and I have never known how to put what I was feeling into words, but somehow McDaniel does it over and over again in each of her books. She is the only author that can make me cry. This book is excellent...I was up til 2 a.m. just this morning finishing it 'cause I just couldn't bare to put it down. I recommend you read this book if your looking for excellent stories with good messages.

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Summary: The Best Books Ever!!!!!!!!!!
Review: I have been a huge fan of Lurlene McDaniels for about 3 years. I have read everybook writen by her. Every book is great. I can't just read part of one here and part of one there. If you read it in phases you lose part of the feeling you get from it. Read one in one phase and you will probably end up crying your eyes out.

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Summary: Great Emotional Impact, even for an older person.
Review: I just finished reading all three stories in this book, and I must say, Lurlene McDaniel still has the ability to create amazing and emotional stories for her readers. I have been a Lurlene McDaniel fan for many years, and it all began when I read "Six Months To Live". Her stories really bring to life the struggles that so many young people go through. All three of these stories had a major impact on me, but I think the greatest impact was brought on by "Sixteen and Dying". It's hard to explain why, exactly, but it did. At any rate, I think that any fan of Ms. McDaniel's, be they old, new, or never read any of her books before, should read these three stories.

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Summary: It is the best book that I have ever read.
Review: I loved the individual stories that Lacey, Katie, Chelsea, and Amanda brought to Jenny House. Each of their stories is so intriguing that you just can't book your book down. You have never read the "best book" until you've read this one.

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Summary: A must-read for anyone intrigued by sad love stories.
Review: I think that this novel is one of Lurlene's Best. After reading all of her books, and being a fan for more than 6 years, I can say that this book is as wonderfully inspiring as the rest, but it's my favorite because it's a little more traumatic. You feel more sorry for Richard because he's loosing his love, than for Jenny becuase she's dying. I've always enjoyed light love stories, and if you also like dramatical twists, I would recomend this book, along with all the other Mcdaniels.

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Summary: It was GREAT!
Review: I was very touched by the three stories. Now I know how kids fighting those problems felt. I think the book was a very heart warming book.