Kate
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1550024760
ISBN-13
9781550024760
Publisher
Dundurn Group Ltd
Imprint
Dundurn Group Ltd
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 18th, 2003
Print length
232 Pages
Weight
198 grams
Dimensions
18.40 x 13.30 x 0.50 cms
Product Classification:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Ksh 1,600.00
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A moving tale about a young woman experiencing the best days of her life, all the while aware that the time she has left is rapidly disappearing.
2005 White Pine Award Shortlisted
2004 IODE Violet Downey National Book Award Shortlisted
2004 Canadian Childrens Book Centre Our Choice Selection
Theres one other thing I should mention right off, which is that Im fourteen years old and dying. (I guess that was two things, but the significance of one is sort of tied to the other, dont you think?)
Kate Benchworth is far from typical. Having been diagnosed with a brain tumour that could end her life at any time, she views the world with refreshing honesty and rare insight. As her family and members of her community struggle to accept what lies ahead, Kate refuses to give in to self-pity. Determined to live each moment to the fullest, she falls in love with a boy locked up in the local jail and befriends the town recluse.
Valerie Sherrards new novel is a moving tale about a young woman experiencing the best days of her life, all the while aware that the time she has left is rapidly disappearing.
2004 IODE Violet Downey National Book Award Shortlisted
2004 Canadian Childrens Book Centre Our Choice Selection
Theres one other thing I should mention right off, which is that Im fourteen years old and dying. (I guess that was two things, but the significance of one is sort of tied to the other, dont you think?)
Kate Benchworth is far from typical. Having been diagnosed with a brain tumour that could end her life at any time, she views the world with refreshing honesty and rare insight. As her family and members of her community struggle to accept what lies ahead, Kate refuses to give in to self-pity. Determined to live each moment to the fullest, she falls in love with a boy locked up in the local jail and befriends the town recluse.
Valerie Sherrards new novel is a moving tale about a young woman experiencing the best days of her life, all the while aware that the time she has left is rapidly disappearing.
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