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McDaniel, Lurlene
DON'T DIE MY LOVE
New York : Bantam, 1995
IL YA
ISBN 0553567152

(2 booktalks)

Booktalk #1

Luke is a football player and his girlfriend Julia's father is Luke's football coach for the varsity team. Luke hurts himself at the football game and can't play football. Julia notices that he is still hurting from that night. Luke, Julia and Luke's mom go to the hospital and they find out that he has cancer. They send him to a hospital in Boston where he gets treated with chemo. If you want to know what happens to Luke and Julia, read DON'T DIE MY LOVE by Lurlene McDaniels. (Jennah C., 8th grade student, Rundlett Middle School, Concord, New Hampshire)

Booktalk #2

Luke and Julie have always been best friends. When they get older, they fell in love. Luke was an athlete and liked to play football. Luke and Julie spent all their time together. Then, they wanted to get married. Just before they decide what they wanted for sure, Luke finds out a shocking secret. This could change his and Julie's lives forever. To find out the results, read DON'T DIE MY LOVE by Lurlene McDaniels. (Kerri P., 8th grade student, Rundlett Middle School, Concord, New Hampshire)

SUBJECTS:     Hodgkin's disease -- Fiction
                        Cancer -- Fiction
                        Terminally ill -- Fiction
                        Love -- Fiction

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