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The first edition of the novel was published in 2007, and was written by jenny downham. Fighting back against hospital visits, endless tests, and drugs with excruciating side effects, tessa compiles a list. Jenny downham trained as an actor and worked in alternative theater before starting to write. In the second house of night book, fledgling vampyre zoey redbird has accepted her powers and. With only months left to live, 16yearold tessa makes a list of things she must experience. I know a lot of readers stay away from these types of books, but i think this one. Publication date 2007 topics terminally ill fiction, england fiction. Downham holds nothing back in her wrenching and exceptionally vibrant story.
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