by Jenny Downham · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782259208437
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«Je veux vivre» is the young adult novel by Jenny Downham, published by Plon in paperback (393 pages, in French).
Tessa is sixteen and has spent four years fighting leukemia. Knowing she has little time left, she writes a list of ten experiences she would like to have before dying: defy the forbidden, become famous, try drugs, drive without a license, or fall in love. With her best friend, Zoey, she tries to tick them off one by one as her body fails her.
The novel was originally published in English as Before I Die (2007) and translated into French by Aleth Paluel-Marmont. The novel won the Branford Boase Award.
For young and adult readers looking for a realistic young adult novel about friendship, illness, and the desire to live intensely.
Jenny Downham is a British novelist and an ex-actress who has published five books.
