Meet Sam. He hasn't got forever, but he's going to make
every minute count...
Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2008
"A hugely impressive achievement ... elegant, intelligent,
moving." - Guardian
"... Wonderful. Moving and funny and, yes, sad"
- Eva Ibbotson
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.
Ways To Live Forever is the first novel from an extraordinarily
talented young writer. Funny and honest, it is one of
the most powerful and uplifting books you will ever read.
Funny and honest, this is one of the most powerful and uplifting
books you will ever read
Sally Nicholls was named the Glen Dimplex New Writer of the Year
2008
Now a a feature film starring Emilia Fox, Ben
Chaplin, Phyllida Law and Robbie Kay
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Sally Nicholls is the highly-acclaimed author of Ways to Live Forever which won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and was shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award, among many others. Her most recent title An Island of Our Own was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Book Award and the Costa Children's Award.
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