Telling Christina Goodbye
by Lurlene McDaniel
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Trisha Thompson and her best friend Christina are having a great senior year. Trisha and her boyfriend, Cody, are making plans to attend Indiana University together in the fall, while Christina has already received a scholarship to the University of Vermont. Everything would be perfect if only Trisha got along with Christina’s controlling boyfriend Tucker, who is trying to convince Christina not to go away for college. But suddenly their lives change one night when Tucker is driving the show more four home from an away basketball game. When his car hits a patch of black ice and overturns, Tucker walks away with barely a scratch, but Trisha is injured, Cody is in a coma, and Christina is dead. Those left behind must learn that it takes time for their scars—both visible and not—to heal. And they must find the courage to move on with their lives. show lessTags
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"Telling Christina Goodbye" was a pretty good book, but I honestly expected it to be better. There was so much more that could have been done with the plot line. I guess it just didn't feel like the book was done thoroughly. It wasn't as emotional as it should have been. The emotions just weren't described in depth enough, which made it seem kind of plain and unfeeling. Not a bad read, though.
I read this book for the first time like 4years ago but i read it every couple of months and everytime i read it i cry it is so sad but so good
I read this book a very long time ago and it made me cry. It is such a wonderful book. Lurlene McDaniel's books are one of a kind, they are the best books. I have read many of her books and they all have a meaning in them. They are sad, but great books.
A skillfully written that will keep readers wanting more even after the last page.
High school senior Trisha tries to cope with her shattered dreams after her friend Christina is killed in a car accident that leaves Trisha's boyfriend Cody in a coma and Christina's boyfriend Tucker, the driver, unharmed.
Lexile: 580
Lexile: 580
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Lurlene McDaniel was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 5, 1944. She received a B.A. in English from the University of South Florida in Tampa. Before she started writing young adult books, she wrote a magazine column and promos and commercials at a television station. After her children were born, she turned to freelance advertising. When show more her son was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes at the age of 3, she attended a convention for diabetes and met up with the organizer who connected her with a publishing company specializing in children's books. Her first book was Kickaroo: The Soccer Playing Kangaroo. She soon realized that writing picture books was not what she wanted to do, so she wrote Will Never Dance Again, about a girl who is diagnosed with diabetes. Thus began her career writing stories about teenagers who overcome life altering illnesses and the lessons learned. Her other books include Somewhere Between Life and Death, Too Young to Die, Goodbye Doesn't Mean Forever, Six Months to Live, and The Year of Chasing Dreams. She received a RITA Award for Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep and three IRA-CBC Children's Choice Awards. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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