Author(s): Sally Nicholls

Young Adult Fiction

From award-winning author Sally Nicholls, her debut novel about a boy's last months with leukemia. 1. My name is Sam. 2. I am eleven years old. 3. I collect stories and fantastic facts. 4. I have leukemia. 5. By the time you read this, I will probably be dead. Living through the final stages of leukemia, Sam collects stories, questions, lists, and pictures that create a profoundly moving portrait of how a boy lives when he knows his time is almost up."[I]t skirts easy sentiment to confront the hard questions head-on, intelligently and realistically and with an enormous range of feeling." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review "Sam is a child whom readers would want as a friend and he will be missed when the book is done." -- School Library Journal, starred review "The energy and joy of this novel is a remarkable feat." -- Horn Book, starred review