Before+I+Die

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Setting:
This story takes place in today's time period.

=Point of View: = This stroy is told in the 1st person point of view, from Tessa the main character.

=Plot: = = A terminally ill teenager, Tessa, is sick with acute leukemia and doctors only give her a few months to live. Tessa doesn’t want to sit in her bed and let this sickness take over her life, so she makes up a list of things to do and the first thing on the list is to have sex. Even though there are days where she doesn’t feel like she can get up out of bed, she still knows she needs to finish this list. Read the heartache in this story to see how her list ends. =

=Characters: = (protagonist) ||< Most of her life has been about her sickness. She was always in the hospital for something until they couldn't do anything more for her. She is bound and determined to finish the list she had started even though it may cost her her life. || (protagonist) ||< Zoey had always lived her life on the edge, always getting involved with things that she probably shouldn't be. She was always a best friend to Tessa and Tessa was probably her only real friend. While other people in school thought she was a skank, her real friend Tessa knew she really did have a heart. || (antagonist) ||< After Tessa's mother left it was now in her dad's hands to take care of her. Quitting his job and never going out, his life was limited to taking care of Tessa and her brother. He definitely didn't approve of her little list that she had but maybe he could manage at least once in a while. Read about his own struggle in the midst of Tessa's struggle to survive. || (protagonist) ||< "The boy next door!" Dealing with his own family issues at home, Adam is always willing to help others. After meeting Tessa he helps her complete her list in many ways. Not only being there to listen to her, he was there to comfort her. || (protagonist) ||< Throughout Cal's life he had watched the good times and the bad times that ever happened in Tessa's life. Even though he was often times scared of what the outcome was going to be he was always there for her to talk to. Learn how he deals with the list and the new things that Tessa is trying. || =Conflict: = The major conflict in this story is Tessa vs. her cancer. While her cancer is trying to overtake her life she if fighting back in full force. She wants to make the best out of what she has left of her life. The other conflict in this story is Tessa vs. her father. Tessa's father is all against this list and he is bound and determined that she does not do some of the things on the list.
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 * < <span style="color: #ff5e00; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Zoey
 * < <span style="color: #ff5e00; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Dad
 * < <span style="color: #ff5e00; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Adam
 * < <span style="color: #ff5e00; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Cal

=<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Theme: = <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">The theme of this book would be that you should live your life to the fullest. No matter what is going on in your life, even if you are dying, you should not be afraid to go out on a limb to do things you normall wouldn't do.

=<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Confused? =

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Terminal Illness -Informs you on how to help someone that has a terminal illness. Understanding and Coping With Terminal Illnesses -read articles about other people's stories and how they got through their difficult time. Jenny Downham<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">-learn about teenage author Jenny Downham.