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Author: Brendan Halpin
Publisher: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2008.
Edition/Format:   Book : Fiction : Secondary (senior high) school : English : 1st ed
Summary:
Although encouraged to apply to colleges, Brianna Pelletier, a mathematically-gifted high school senior with cystic fibrosis, dwells on her mortality and the unfairness of life.
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Genre/Form: Young adult fiction
Juvenile fiction
Fiction
Material Type: Fiction, Secondary (senior high) school, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Brendan Halpin
ISBN: 9780374324360 0374324360
OCLC Number: 163625184
Notes: "A novel"--Jacket.
Description: 181 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents: So ... --
Just not today --
Easy for you to say --
A good person again --
Not like the others --
This castle of marshmallow fluff --
It's gonna be fine --
It's all math --
You set the scene --
I was thinking about you --
To ponder the infinite --
Part of the music --
Really beautiful and horribly ugly --
A high-percentile family --
It's lonely --
To talk to somebody --
The joy of the tater tot --
Leave it alone --
Let's start this up --
A chance in hell --
No hassling me --
To be kind to our fellow creatures --
This perfect night --
Broken --
She should have stayed --
Your little study date --
That's not living --
A marvel --
Better than this --
Such a good life --
Sudden silence --
Beautifully.
Responsibility: Brendan Halpin.
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Although encouraged to apply to colleges, Brianna Pelletier, a mathematically-gifted high school senior with cystic fibrosis, dwells on her mortality and the unfairness of life.

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A nice addition to any library.

by AnchorageSchools (WorldCat user published 2009-12-11) Good Permalink

     Brianna is just trying to live a normal life, but who can when mucus threatens to drown your lungs and every day that you live might be your last.  Brianna has cystic fibrosis, a terminal disease that she has been fighting all her life.  As comes to grips with her...
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