5 stars for Ways to Live Forever by Sally Nicholls.
A combination of friendship and kinship for both the living and the dying, Ways to Live Forever is a poignant reminder to all of us that each day we live is a gift albeit one towards death.
This story is simple really and reads as if penned by a real eleven-year-old child. Surprisingly, it is this simplicity that invokes in me a maelstrom of emotions so powerful that I cry a few times too many while reading. Words are not enough to describe my feelings for this simple yet beautiful work of fiction. It feels so real, so close and so tender. It makes me think, makes me feel and makes me sad.
It is no wonder that this Children's Fiction is the winner of the 2008 Waterstones Children's Book Prize. Indeed, it is a splendid debut novel suitable for readers of all ages; for anyone who loves an intelligent, moving story.
Publisher: Scholastic; 1 edition
Publication date: 5 Sep 2019
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"My name is Sam. I am eleven years old. I collect stories and fantastic facts. By the time you read this, I will probably be dead."
Sam loves facts. He wants to know about UFOs and horror movies and airships and ghosts and scientists, and how it feels to kiss a girl. And because he has leukaemia he wants to know the facts about dying. Sam needs answers to the questions nobody will answer.
*Blurb from Goodreads*
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