She Died Too Young

One Last Wish #9

by Lurlene McDaniel

Chelsea James and Katie O'Roark met at Jenny House and spent a wonderful summer together.

Now Chelsea and her mother are staying with Katie as Chelsea awaits news concerning a heart transplant. While waiting for a compatible donor, Chelsea meets Jillian, a girl who's funny and kind. Jillian is also waiting. She needs a heart-lung transplant. The two girls become fast friends. When Chelsea meets Jillian's brother, he awakens feelings in Chelsea she's never known before. However, as her medical situation grows desperate, Chelsea finds herself in a contest for her life against her very best friend.

Is it fair that there's only a chance for one of them to survive?

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, Romance, Realistic Fiction, Childrens, Contemporary, Teen

154 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

Lurlene McDaniel (born c. 1948) is an author who has written over 50 young adult books. She is well known for writing about characters struggling with chronic and terminal illnesses, such as cancer, diabetes, and organ failure.


Other places to find her are...
https://www.facebook.com/lurlenemcdan...
http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/aut...
http://www.youtube.com/user/LurleneMc

Reviews

[Kayla Upchurch]

Loved this but be careful this book goes by two names so read description


But Lurlene McDaniel was my first author I ever started collecting and let me tell you all these books she writes will make you teary eyed or cry like a baby.


Her books are highly recommended for teenage young adults and adults

[April Williams]

I read this book a very long time ago and enjoyed it very much.

[Amanda Read]

An easy 5 stars. I don't think I've cried this much while reading

[Stephanie Sloan]

So good

[Mery]

Bercerita tentang persahabatan beberapa remaja yang didasari oleh satu kebutuhan: donor organ.

Bukunya tipis, dan persahabatannya singkat. Cukup sedih karena mereka sebenarnya 'berebut' organ untuk mengganti organ tubuh mereka yang sakit, tetapi meski singkat, persahabatannya indah.

[Chelsea]

Chelsea James is back after an emotional summer at Jenny House. While at a seminar about heart transplants and such she meets Texas native Jillian; she's spunky and full of life...and also waiting for a heart. Chelsea is inspired to come out of her shell around Jillian...and her twin brother. Chelsea convinces Jillian to visit Jenny House and Lacey and Katie pop in as well and take Jillian to their mountain hideaway. And although Chelsea is scared about the wait for a heart, she's happy to be able to do so in Katie's big house. Katie however, is struggling...not medically for once but romantically. she loves Josh still but then her English partner Garrison makes her knees quake. He kind of came off as a lying jerk but I hope I'm wrong. Even Lacey told Katie that Garrison sounded shifty AF.
It was of course a sad ending because though both Chelsea and Jillian were fun characters, one of them inevitably was going to die (check the title?) and they both were eligible for the same heart...but Jillian needed a heart AND lungs so Katie sees this dilemma doctors are in to make the choice. It was nice to see the now familiar faces return but I thought Katie's boy drama took up more time than necessary in a series focused on sick teens.

[Rachael]

My Actual Rating: 3.0

I liked this book alright. Chelsea is really mature for her age but I found her story a tad bit boring. Thankfully we got to mean Jillian and she helped move this book along. I loved the bond between Chelsea & Jillian and how much they wanted the other to get the transplant when it came time. It's shocking that so many people are waiting for organs and so few people are donating them. These transplant books have made me start expressing to my loved ones my desire to donate my organs if possible.

I will admit during this book I started to get bored with this series. They're not necessarily all the same but I am definitely able to predict certain things based on the authors writing style.

I loved the ending. The video from Jillian was the perfect thing for Chelsea to receive. She really needed it to give her that boost of motivation to live. To fight and make it with her new heart. I wonder if Chelsea & DJ will keep in touch and possibly even fall in love.

[Jadamoore702]

I think that this book is a very life changing book because of its realistic feel the book will catch your eye for those who are interested in books like this if you are in a situtation where you think life is to precious to live read this book. the story starts off with 3 girls named chealse,kate and jullian witch are all a waiting to get a transplant for either a heart,lung or both all of the girls are to have to face the fact that one of them might not get a heart transplante as the story goes on they become friends and eventurally grt the transplant they need . the moroles of this story i think is to tell people not to take life for granted .

[Kayla]

This book was the saddest book I think that i could ever read. It was very heart wrenching. The story about how a young girl fights for her life that she has barely got to live. And another young girl who is a twin but she is sick and her sibling is not and she needs two different organs. Those two girls end up meeting and they both need a new heart. The question is who is gonna get the heart in the end and who isn't. I didn't like the ending i just didn't feel it should have ended that way. My favorite quote from this book was "She died too young."

[Arya]

A story about a heart that can only go to one . . .and the friends who both need it - one will live . . . the other will die. What emotions go with this trauma?

This was a good book but I thought that it was not threshed out enough. I would have liked to know if anything ever developed between Chelsea and the Texas girl's brother. . .all in all a sad, but good book . . .not a "fun" read, but a nice one.

[Mikaela R]

This book was a pretty good one. It was sad when only Chelsea got the heart transplant and her friend Jillian ended up dying. Chelsea's friend Katie had the same surgery before so she was right by her side. My favorite part was when Chelsea, Jillian and Katie and their other friend go to the Jenny House. The Jenny House is where Chelsea and Katie met. This was one of the best books by Lurlene McDaniel.

[ashley.ೃ࿐]

Too much about Katie and John and not enough about Jillian and Chelsea. Josh just annoyed me through this book. Like he couldn't accept that he isn't Katie's whole life. Seems like the kind of guy who could get obsessive easily. Not usual for this series. Also, I wasn't all that attached to Jillian like I was with the girls in the past.

Didn't like too much.

[Addie V]

This was a very good book. It was sad when chelshea only got the heart transplant and not jillian. And Jillian was left to die with no heart transplant. But I thought it was cool how Jilliam and chelsea met. but you will have to read this book to find out how and why chelsea only got the heart transplant. It is a very good and short book.

[Nathalie]

I hate this book didnt even read it all the front might be convicing and the back might be intreging but i just couldnt get past the first fue pages i dont recomend it but if you read it and you like it add a comment why do you like it?. LOL. I dont recomend it.

[Mrs. Schonour]

I really love this story! It's a really interesting idea and I learned a lot about terminal illnesses. The narrative voice is believable and I felt like I really got to know the girls and care about them. I've read this book many times and I always enjoy it.

[Mary Bronson]

This was a very good heartwarming book. I loved it! Lurlene does such a great job with her books. This was a great story of self finding, friendship, and loss. I also think that One Last Wish series is fantastic! :)

[Keshia Burchette]

Lurlene McDaniel is wonderful at capturing the anguish that these teens and their families go through. Her books show that sometimes life isn't fair and in order to save one person someone else might not be so lucky.

[Carina]

A good book.

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good book

[Jaclyn Goss]

Welcome to a world of hope and dispair. I liked this book when I read it, and would suggest it to others. The ending really tears your heart to pieces!

[Ashley18]

looooooove it!!!!

[Morgan]

Great boook.

[The Third Place A Teen Library]

F McDA olw

[Lindsay]

I really like how this book was a continuation to the previous book. It is nice to follow characters and see how things went.

[Melenia]

Great read

[Lexi Scott]

It was a very good book.

[Jess]

No stealth tears in this one. But I'd forgotten that the stuff I was actually wanting to read is in later books, so it's good that I got those from the library too.