Too Young to Die

by Lurlene McDaniel

Book Overview

At sixteen, Melissa Austin has always worked hard to make things go her way. As the school year begins, her grades are up and she's even landed a coveted spot on the high school Brain Bowl team.??She... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553280082
• Release Date: August 1989
• Publisher: Laurel Leaf
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.9" x 0.4" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

the fist lurlene mcdaniel book i ever read

When someone gave me this book in fifth grade, I put it aside and didn't read it right away. Boy was I glad when I finally started reading. It was one of the best books I've ever read. Well, back when I was in fifth grade. I'm in eighth grade now, and I still like this book. Melissa is 16 and starting her junior year, which is looking pretty good. The most popular boy in school has taken an interest in her, and there's a pretty good chance she'll make the brain bowl team (kinda like the math thing in 'mean girls', only math and science). Melissa and her best friend, Jory, are physced. They're about to have a great year! Then Melissa starts finding bruises everywhere, and gets put in the hospital for some tests. The outcome isn't good. Melissa has cancer. Melissa, a perfectly healthy 16 year old, now has cancer. It didn't seem possible. Melissa sees her perfect junior year going right down the drain. The chemo she takes to fight off the cancer leaves her sick, and now the most popular boy in school ignores her. Then she meets Ric. Ric's knows what she's going through. He had half his leg amputted to save his body from cancer. With the help of him, Jory, and her family, Melissa is learning how to cope with cancer. She was so mature for a 16 year old, dealing with cancer. I hope I would have the guts to be as brave as Melissa Austin if I ever got sick like that. There's a sequel to this book, so be sure to read it when you finish this. It's not as good, but it's still worth reading. It focuses more on Jory.

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16 year old Melissa Austin is leading a normal teenage life until she recieves devastating news that she has luekimia,a type of cancer.After being diagnosed her life plans go downhill, she's a top student in all her classes which lead her a spot on the Brain Bowl team as the only junior ever.While going through chemo she begins losing her long chocolate brown hair which causes her to have to wear a wig and is very heartbreaking for her and her family.This book was defintely a tear jerker for me and I did get in trouble for staying up hours after my bed time to read this book it's just to hard to put down.I highly recommend this book and all the other books in her series to everyone.

Too Young to Die

This is a great book! This book is about a girl who lives through high school as a normal girl. She has a normal boyfriend that is one grade older than she is and then she suddenly finds out she has many bruses on her legs and is feeling tired. Her mom takes her to the doctor and he tells her her white blood level is incribly high and her red blood cells are low. He digonosis this diaese as Leukemia, a terrible diease. She learns to make it through High School and the hospital with leakemia. She has to shave off her hair and wear a wig. She feels sad but with her family and her friend Jory, they make her feel stronger and better. She meets this little girl in the hospital that she likes and that girl's name was Rachel. (...). However Jory Got Melissa the most expensive hairpiece and it looked exactly like her orginal hair. Melissa made it into the finals with the Brain Bowl because she is smart. This book is great for both Girls and Boys, and if you like a love story with a happy ending. You gotta check this book out.

Too Young to Die

Too Young to DieBy: Lurlene McDanielReviewed by: J.KuPeriod: 1Melissa Austin is 16 years old. One day she was perfectly fine, the next day she had bruises all over her legs. She was constantly getting tired. She was one of the smartest students in high school. Her teachers encouraged her to try out for the Brain Bowl. Without a surprise, she made it onto the team. When her parents took her to the doctor to check out her bruises, the doctor said that Melissa¡¦s red blood count were low and her white blood count were high. After that discovery Dr. Pace transferred Melissa to the hospital. In the hospital, they did a bone marrow aspiration on Melissa. The next thing they knew, Melissa was diagnosed with lymphocytic leukemia, a form of cancer. When she was in the hospital after she received the devastating news, a guy named Ric hobbles over to her. Ric told her about what chemotherapy does to your hair, so Melissa had Jory, her best friend, cut her hair for her. When she started chemo, the rest of her hair all fell out. After weeks and weeks of chemo, she finally got into remission. Her life never went back to normal.I really liked this book because it teaches you about friendship, bonding, and friendliness. I learned a lot when I read this book. The friendship between Melissa and Jory got stronger when Melissa was diagnosed with leukemia. Melissa could always trust in her friend. When Melissa was in need for hair, Jory bought the most expensive wig there was. ¡§Jory held a wig, a fall of hair that was rich and black, and incredibly long.¡¨I disliked this book because reading about Melissa going through chemotherapy made me fell really bad. This book may be fiction, but I still feel really bad that it was her who got cancer and not me. Even if this book may not be true, a lot of it is true in real life. People each day are dying because of cancer. I may not know them, but I feel bad for them. ¡§DeeDee patted her shoulder and handed her a small bowl. ¡¥In case you need to vomit,¡¦ she told her.¡¨ Vomiting during chemo doesn¡¦t sound very good.My favorite part of the book was when the doctor told Melissa that she was in remission. I really like that part because all of the bad events are gone, and now she can try and get on with her life. No more vomiting and chemotherapy treatments. Everything is all better. Life would never be the same like before. Melissa can't go to school without facing a crowd of people. Life would be different from then on.

too young to die

Too young to die is a book about a normal girl with not so normal problems. Melissa Austin is 16 years old and is faced with the disease lukemia. Although lukemia is a horribe disease and put her life to a halt,she made the most of it. She was in the hospital alot and was able to meet a life long freind. Melissa is a very quiet person but has very loud ambitions. She was choosen to be in a Brain bowl, witch could open her up to many colleges. She was told about the event right before she was she was told about the lukemia. Insted of asuming she was not going to be able to attend she used her tine in the hospital to study and prepare. I thought it was a very good book. It was very discriptive,and easy to follow. I would recommend it to any one who likes a happy ending.