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Summary: This Book was the BEST book ever!!!!
Review: In this book 13-year-old Dawn Rochelle is diagnosed with leukemia. For three months she has to deal with the pain or chemotherapy and it's side affects. She is treated like she isn't even there by her friends. But through these pains she also meets Sandy, her roommate, who is also a 13-year-old diagnosed with leukemia. Together the girls become best friends, and make memories, good and bad. Finally, both Dawn and Sandy are in remission. They go to a cancer camp and both of them have a wonderful time; meet the guys of their dreams but when Dawn returns home, she gets terrible news that Sandy has had a relapse. Her to a hospital in Mexico, where the hospitals do not use the chemotherapy treatment. Which resulted in a tragic death for Sandy. Everyone was very sad even Dawn, she didnt know how to take it she had just lost one of her best friends. What if that was your best friend? What would you do? I recommend this book to people above the age of 10, and not just girls, guys too.
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Summary: Truly the best book I have ever read in my entire life.
Review: In this book, 13-year-old Dawn Rochelle is diagnosed with lukemia. For three months she has to deal with the pain of chemotherapy and it's side affects, and being treated like she is a walking germ by what she thought were her friends. But through these pains she also meets Sandy, her roomate, who is also a 13-year-old diagnosed with lukemia. Together the girls become best friends, and make memories, good and bad. Finally, both Dawn and Sandy are in remission, and they go to cancer camp, a camp that is made for teens with cancer. They have a wonderful time, but when Dawn returns home, she gets terrible news that Sandy has had a relapse. She has been taken to a hospital in Mexico, where the hospitals do not use the chemotherapy treatment. The result of this is the tragic death of Sandy. A truly heart-warming, tear-jerking book that will thrill anyone of all ages. -Mary Elizabeth Baleha
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Summary: Six Months to Live
Review: I loved this book! Dawn Rochelle has luekemia.She goes to the hospital and her roommate,Sandy Chandler,has her same problem.The two become friends and when both are in remission,they go off to a cancer camp.They meet cute boys Mike and Greg there and when everybody has to go home,they are heartbroken.When Sandy is out of remission,she goes back to the hospital and unfortunately,dies there.This is the first book of the Dawn Rochelle series.
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Summary: NL-S approved book
Review: Lurlene McDaniel's book, Six Months to Live, is one of the best books I have ever read about dealing with the diagnosis of leukemia. McDaniel did a wonderful job expressing the feelings of the main character, Dawn Rochelle. It was easy for me to relate to Dawn because she is in my age group. She was diagnosed with cancer when she was 13. The setting is in a rural area. The overall writing was easy to read and made you feel like you were a part of Dawn's life. She was a strong willed person who was not going to give into her disease. The plot of the book is about teenage girl fighting for her life through an irreversible disease. Dawn went through tough times and eventually was dismissed from the hospital. In the summer, Dawn went to a cancer camp. Kids with all types of cancer attended the camp and had two-weeks of games and fun. The camp helped her forget her problems and have a good time. The camp interested me because the writer made it sound so beautiful and perfect. The main lesson of Six Months to Live is that in order to overcome hard times, you need to work hard and have faith in yourself. Dawn was not willing to give into her problems and give up in the fight for life. I would recommend this book to anyone who is looking for a good source of inspiration.
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Summary: "Dawn Rochelle-Four Novels", by Lurlene McDaniel
Review: I found this novel extremely interesting to read, and hard to put down. It's a book that centers its focus on a teen and her battles with cancer, which is refreshing since there aren't too many of those written anymore. The main character,Dawn, is a thirteen yea old girl who was diagnosed, several times at that, with acute lymphocytic leukemia. The news devastates Dawn and allows her to feel like an out-cast amongst the other children her age. Dawn realizes she can no longer take life for granted, and that every living, breathing moment could be her last. Her sense of fear is so vivid, that the reader itself could feel her emotions and try to relate.Dawn finds comfort when she meets a fellow teenager that shares the same ailment as her, Sandy. Dawn and Sandy come to be very close and understand each other more than anyone else can.Tehy even attend a camp for cancer patients together. They both eventually go into remission together. However, Sandy receive news that her cancer has come back, but this time, Sandy doesn't make it.In my opinion without Sandy, Dawn's already difficult life became harder. To make matters worse, Dawn's cancer resurfaces also after her brother's,Rob, wedding. It was then that Dawn decided to live her life to the fullest and make the best out of her situation. She attents school like other normal teens and goes to dance and even takes up drivers ed.She even finds love. She meets an incredible guy named Jake, and she's hesitant at first because she's always aware of the fact that her cancer may make itself part of her life again. She realizes there's so much to life than being overwhelmed by a disease and learns to appreciate Jake. Her whole journey throughout the book inspires readers and touches hearts, as Dawn realizes the value of life and love, with the help of Jake of course. I give the book the whole five stars because i found it inspirational for all teenagers with problems, and it gives hope to readers that you can overcome many obstacles. I really enjoyed this book and i recommend it to anyone with a soft heart.
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Summary: Letter to the Author
Review: Dear Lurlene McDaniel, You have been writing inspirational novels about young teenagers facing life-altering situations. All your novels are hard-hitting and realistic, but also leaves readers like me with inspiraton and hope. One of your books that I've read is called, Six Months to Live. I enjoyed that book very much. The reason that I enjoyed this book is because you wrote the book in such a way that it influenced me to read and not stop. From your book I understood that the main character Dawn, who was thirteen had leukemia and she didn't have much time to survive from this illness. When Dawn goes to the childerns hospital a girl name Sandy who was going to be her room-mate had cancer too. They both suffered together to fight the cancer by giving each other hope. When they became friends and after they each had to go back to their town Dawn recived a letter from Sandy's parents saying, "We lost our beloved Sandy yesterday, 10 A.M. She died peacefully-no pain. We are flying her home to West Virginia for burial. Package for Dawn to follow. The Chandles." That was the most sad letter and it really influnced me to read the book to see if Sany is really death or alive. I just loved your book and it was all based on a real life situation. Sincerely, Mariam Semerdzhyan
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Summary: Six Months to Live
Review: Dawn is a 13 year old girlwho has cancer. While taking her chem-therapy treatments she makes a new friend named Sandy who has the same thing as Dawn. They help each other through the treatments and leave the hospital.
In the summer they meet again at a camp for kids with cancer. They do things with alot of diffrent kids, but they meet two boys. You'll have to read this book to find out what happens to Dawn, Sandy, and the two boys.
I liked this book because I didn't want to put the book down. I wanted to find out what was going to happened next . There wasn't really anything I didn't like abut this book except a few sad parts
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Summary: Six Months to Live
Review: Dawn is a 13 year old girl who has just found out she has cancer. While taking her chemo-therapy treatments she makes a new friend named Sandy who has the same thing as Dwan. They help each otherget through treatments and leave the hospital.
In the summer they meet kids at a camp for kids with cancer. They do things with alot of diffrent kids, but the meet two boys. You'll have to read the book to find out what happens to Dawn, Sandy and the boys!!
I liked this book because I didn;t want to put it down I wanted to find out what was going to happen next. There wasn't really anything that I didn't like abouyt the book except a few sad parts.
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Summary: Very Touching
Review: This story is of a young girl, the age of 13, who is told she has leukemia. This story tells of the struggles that Dawn has to face with having this illness with being in the hospital and taking many different Chemotherapy medications. It also tells of her friendship with another cancer paitent named Sandy. They quickly become best friends drawn together by their illness. This story is very touching and makes you think very hard about your life, and how it could be.
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Summary: Predictable, but still good
Review: I loved "Six Months to Live" because it's a very well written, sad book for teens. In the book Dawn Rochelle (13) is diagnosed with lukemia. She endures chemotherapy with a 13 year old girl (Sandy) that rooms with her in the hospital. When they are both in remission, they go to a camp for kids suffering cancer, and meet even more friends that have cancer. After camp, one of the friends relapses. "Six Months to Live" is a very sad book, most definately the best Lurlene McDaniel book.
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