| Edition |
First omnibus edition. |
| Description |
613 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
Saving Jessica. Originally published: New York : Bantam Books, 1996. Telling Christina goodbye. Originally published: New York : Bantam Books, 2002. Letting go of Lisa. Originally published: New York : Delacorte Press, 2006. |
| Contents |
Saving Jessica -- Telling Christina goodbye -- Letting go of Lisa. |
| Summary |
Collects three novels by the author, in which teenagers find compassion, strength, and love while recovering from tragic circumstances. |
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In Saving Jessica, helping her boyfriend, Jeremy, work through his grief over his brother's fatal accident, Jessica finds herself leaning on Jeremy for support when she is diagnosed with kidney failure. In Telling Christina goodbye, a young woman must come to grips with the accident that left her boyfriend in a coma and her best friend dead. In Letting go of Lisa, home-schooled for most of his education, Nathan enters the public high school as a senior where he meets a beautiful girl with a secret and together they learn about loving, living, and dying. |
| Subject |
Death -- Fiction.
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Grief -- Juvenile fiction.
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Interpersonal relations -- Juvenile fiction.
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Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.
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Accidents -- Juvenile fiction.
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Accidents -- Psychological aspects -- Juvenile fiction.
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Bereavement -- Juvenile fiction.
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Loss (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction.
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Shipwreck survival -- Fiction.
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Cancer -- Juvenile fiction.
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Family life -- Fiction.
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High schools -- Juvenile fiction.
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Schools -- Juvenile fiction.
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Georgia -- Juvenile fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Young adult fiction.
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| Added Author |
McDaniel, Lurlene.
Saving Jessica.
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McDaniel, Lurlene.
Telling Christina goodbye.
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McDaniel, Lurlene.
Letting go of Lisa.
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| ISBN |
9780385739825 paperback |
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0385739826 paperback |
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