this book shows us a different way to see life. tessa is a normal girl.. with the typical problems in her family.. her mother abandoned her.. and her father left his work to take care of tessa.. tessa has leukemia for 4 years.. and now she knows she have no time left.. she will die in any moment.. but she doesnt want to die before even "live".. she make a list.. with 10 things to do before she pass away.. the first one .." sex " she doesnt want to die being a virgin.. another one.."Fall in love" or having a boyfriend.. she wants to know and feel love.. she is going to find that person in her short way through dead.. so there are many points to complete and that she is going to realize to die happy or at least complete.. but the dead is the worst fear that she is going to live.. with the support of her father and his friends she would have a great short lifetime. ( )

This book is really good. the main character is a teenager struggling with cancer whose death is coming entirely too soon. She decides to live her life to it's full potential by making a list of 10 things she wants to do before she dies. Her story is amazing, and her choices are shocking. The only question is will she finish her list?

Reviewed by Julie M. Prince for TeensReadToo.com

I devoured this book in two days. It called to me. Beckoned me across the room and begged me to pick it up and finish what I'd started. If I hadn't needed to eat and sleep, I'd have finished it in mere hours. It was that vital to keep going.

Tessa Scott keeps going, too. She keeps writing on the wall and adding to the list of things she wants to do before she dies. Tess's life is being driven from her by leukemia before she herself can even drive a car. It's not fair. She wants a boyfriend. She wants normal.

Tessa pushes. She pushes against the people who want to be near her. She pushes against the rules she's been forced to follow throughout her brief life. She pushes against death.

She keeps breathing. In and out. It's simple. Except, it's not that simple.

This book gives a promise. This book keeps its promise. This book is real. It is deep and winding and important. It is beautiful and strong and eloquent and everlasting. It is just beautiful. ( )

Very realistic voice. Involving story. ( )

The story is of a 16year old girl called Tessa, who is ternanally ill with leukemia and before she dies wants to complete a number of things.She wants a boyfriend, She wants to drive a car. She wants normal. At the begining Tessa comes across as Bolshy and Defiant on the surface but as you read on and peel away the layers you find a mass of complicated emotions that pull at the heart strings.

I found it a very emotional book to read but as though you couldn't put it down it was vital to read on. I found it a very moving book. It made me feel as though i had lost a friend by the end. An extremely good book defenitly a favourite of mine ( )