Always and Forever

The novel Always and Forever by Lurlene McDaniel is and awesome book. Its about a girl named Melissa who is diagnosed with cancer four months into grade 12. Her gym teacher sees bruises on her legs and so she tells the school counsellor. They suspect that Melissa's mother is abusing her, and Melissa freaks at them all. She has a very lovely family and no one should be accusing anyone of beating her. She tells her mother, and she goes to get checked out. The doctor does a bone marrow test and finds that she has cancer. Her best friend Jory, helps her through this. Always there for Melissa. She even cut Melissa's hair to help her cope with little to no hair before she goes bald completely from chemotherapy. She also meets a boy in the hospital, his room is next door. He has lost his leg to cancer, but hes still helping her fight through her disease, giving her strength, and hope. He goes into remission though, while Melissa is left in the hospital. Micheal, her older brother is also there for her all they way. He visited her, and he also did a bone marrow test to see if he was a compatible donner for Melissa. Melissa is and incredibly smart student waiting to go on to the Brian Bowl competition, with the boy that she likes, but will she gather the strength to pull through cancer, or will it fight he over? Will she have a normal life ever again? Will anyone ever want her now, that she looks shinny, pale and has no more beautiful long hair on her head? Will her and the boy next door ever hook up? will he call? Does he still want her even now that hes in remission?

5 star book! Recommended to everyone!

Six Months to Live

In Lurlene McDaniel's Six Months To Live Dawn Rochelle is a Young teenage girl at the age of thirteen when she finds out that she has cancer. In the hospital, she had a room mate, of the same age, her name was Sandy Chandler. They did everything together, from counselling to fashion to games and sharing their inner most thoughts. After four months of spending time in the hospital together, Sandy goes into remission. Dawn misses her friend, but two weeks later Dawn goes into remission too. they write letters back and forth to keep up to date. summer comes and they decide that it might be fun to go to "cancer camp" so they can see each other. They go there and find two young guys, Greg and Mike. Greg hooks up with Dawn, and Mike with Sandy. Mike had bone cancer and part of his left leg, just below the knee was amputated, but this didn't keep them from having fun. they pulled pranks, went swimming, did a bunch of stuff that made the two weeks of camp see to fly bye. It was three weeks after camp, that Sandy wrote a letter to Dawn, saying that she was no longer in remission. 5 stars.

What do you think will happen to Sandy? Will she get better? How will Dawn react when she reads the letter? Will this affect their friendship? What about the boys? Will they ever see Dawn and Sandy again?

For Better, For Worse, Forever

This book, For Better, For Worse, Forever is continued from Till Death Do Us Part. It continues in St.Croix, where April Goes to have time to think about everything that's just happened. One day on the beach a 18 year old boy from on the island strikes a conversation. Brandon Benedict is a lonely boy, that lives with his dad, (they are never at peace with each other) and he blames him for his mothers suicide. April and Brandon become friends, but still April does not tell him of her medical problems. One day she leaves unexpectedly back to New York leaving Brandon confused and upset.

5 stars.

Will April ever get the courage to talk to Brandon again, and tell him about her cancer? Or does she even have enough time to live to get into contact with him?

Until Death Do Us Part

Until Death Do Us Part is a fantastic novel by Lurlene Mcdaniel. Its a bout a girl in grade 12 and her name is April. when she was 5 years old she got diagnosed with cancer. it was a brain tumor. when she thought everything was behind her the doctors said that is has once again started growing. Her boyfriend breaks up with her because of this. She meets a boy in the hospital and he has CF (cystic fibrosis). Since hes in the hospital she wants nothing to do with him. he tries and tries to win her heart over and finally he does. he proposes. they get engaged and both families go to see him race on the track. this is his passion, although its bad for his health. He has an accident but thanks to the fire proof costume that April got him for his birthday he survived the crash, but a few days later he dies in the hospital. Its a really sad story but its very realistic also. 5 stars.

Will April ever find anyone to love again? Do you think April will survive cancer?