A Season for Goodbye (One Last Wish, #11)

by Lurlene McDaniel

Paperback, 1995

Status

Available

Call number

YA A McD

Publication

Bantam Books (Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group

Pages

151

Description

Together again. It's been a year since Katie O'Roark, Chelsea James, and Lacey Duval shared a special summer at Jenny House. The girls have each spent the year struggling to fit into the world of the healthy. Now they're back, this time as "big sisters" to a new group of girls who also face life-threatening illnesses. But even as the friends strive to help their "little sisters" face the future together, they must separately confront their own expectations. Katie must decide between an old flame and an exciting scholarship far from home. Chelsea must overcome her fear of romance. And Lacey must convince the boy that she loves that the feelings for him can be trusted. When tragedy strikes Jenny House, each of the girls knows that things can never be the same again. Will Lacey, Chelsea, and Katie find a way to carry on the legacy of the Jenny House? Can their special friendship endure when they go their separate ways?… (more)

Description

Together again. It's been a year since Katie O'Roark, Chelsea James, and Lacey Duval shared a special summer at Jenny House. The girls have each spent the year struggling to fit into the world of the healthy. Now they're back, this time as "big sisters" to a new group of girls who also face life-threatening illnesses.
But even as the friends strive to help their "little sisters" face the future together, they must separately confront their own expectations. Katie must decide between an old flame and an exciting scholarship far from home. Chelsea must overcome her fear of romance. And Lacey must convince the boy that she loves that the feelings for him can be trusted.
When tragedy strikes Jenny House, each of the girls knows that things can never be the same again. Will Lacey, Chelsea, and Katie find a way to carry on the legacy of the Jenny House? Can their special friendship endure when they go their separate ways?

Tags

YOUNG ADULT FICTION, Real Life Fiction, Illness, Girls, Friendship, Cancer and Terminal Illness, Death | Grief | Bereavement

Series

One Last Wish (11)

Collection

Young Adult

Barcode

7101

Language

English

Original language

English

Physical description

151 p.; 6.9 inches

ISBN

0553541773 / 9780553541779

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Lexile

660L

User reviews

LibraryThing member cmckee
Three teenage girls, each with a significant health problem, each with a boyfriend or prospective romance, and each with impending decisions about her future, become counselors at Jenny House for a summer where they are helping younger girls deal with their cancer, heart problems, diabetes, or
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 similar illnesses. Katie O’Roark has been offered a track scholarship in Arizona and feels both a pull to follow her dreams there and also a connection with her boyfriend, Josh. Even more complex, Katie is alive because of a heart transplant from Josh’s brother! Katie’s friends, Chelsea James and Lacey Duval, are immersed in their own romantic issues; Chelsea lacks confidence and self-esteem and believes no one man wants her. Lacey, on the other hand, has a certain arrogance and therefore cannot convince her boyfriend that she truly cares for him. Friendship is the girls’ bond, and like many teenage girls that bond and their sharing builds their confidence. Teenage girls will love this.
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Rating

½ (25 ratings; 3.9)

Awards

Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers (Selection — 1996)

Call number

YA A McD

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