Extraordinary Means - Softcover

Schneider, Robyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1471115488 ISBN 13: 9781471115486

Verlag: Simon & Schuster Childrens Books, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

John Green's The Fault in Our Stars meets Rainbow Rowell's Eleanor & Park in this darkly funny novel from the critically acclaimed author of The Beginning of Everything.Up until his diagnosis, Lane lived a fairly predictable life. When he's sent to Latham House, a boarding school for sick teens, Lane thinks his life may as well be over.But when he meets Sadie and her friends - a group of eccentric troublemakers - he realises that maybe getting sick is just the beginning. That illness doesn't have to define you, and that falling in love is its own cure.Robyn Schneider's Extraordinary Means is a heart-wrenching yet ultimately hopeful about true friendships, ill-fated love and the rare miracle of second chances., Praise for Extraordinary Means 'This captivating book about life, death, fear, and second chances will fly off the shelves' VOYA 'Schneider's subtlety, combined with themes about learning to live life fully, makes this an easy recommendation for those seeking titles similar in premise to John Green's The Fault in Our Stars' School Library Journal 'The perfect read-next for fans of the sick-lit trend and readers looking for a tear-stained romance' Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books 'Fans of John Green's blockbuster The Fault in Our Stars who are eager for more of that kind of story will likely be satisfied.' Booklist

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Biografía del autor

Robyn Schneider is a graduate of Columbia University, where she studied creative writing, and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, where she studied medical ethics. She lives in LA, California, but also on the internet. You can follow her on YouTube, Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, and Instagram.

Reseña del editor

Lane Sullivan has always been part of the popular crowd, but after he gets sick, everything changes. Partway through his senior year, Lane is sent to Latham House, an open air boarding school for teens suffering from an incurable strain of tuberculosis. There, Lane encounters a girl from his former high school, Hannah Atwater. Instead of the shy loner he remembers, Hannah has transformed. At Latham, she is sarcastic, fearless, and utterly compelling. Her friends, a group of nerdy intellectuals, break the rules and execute elaborate schemes. And after Lane becomes one of them, Hannah shows him their secrets: an old office where they drink wine and read poetry, a way to disable the med sensors they must wear at all times, a secret cave in the woods. Lane and Hannah begin to fall in love, and a cure is announced, which will be available in a few short weeks. But when Hannah starts to fall sicker, it becomes clear that she won't live long enough for the cure. There is one last hope, though: a painful and risky treatment that doctors advise against. A darkly funny story about true friendships, doomed love, and the rare miracle of second chances.

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• Verlag: Simon & Schuster Childrens Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1471115488
• ISBN 13: 9781471115486
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 324