The Girl Next Door

By Castrovilla, Selene

Publishers Summary:
While most seniors at her high school are worrying about prom and final exams, seventeen-year-old Sam is desperately trying to save her best friend Jesse's life. He has a rare, treatment-resistant form of cancer, and his odds of survival aren't good, and he may have only ten months left to live. Through every bit of his pain and anguish, Sam has been by his side--through the grueling, aggressive treatments and their awful aftermath, to sleeping in his room at night when he's afraid to be alone. Best friends and neighbors since preschool, Jesse and Sam's friendship is changing--now they're falling in love, and the bond between them grows stronger even as Jesse is weakens. Will they have a happy ending...or will their story end in heartbreak?

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ISBN
978-1-93481-315-7
Publisher
Westside Books


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on December 1, 2010  |  Grades 5-up

Gr 9 Up—Jess should be enjoying his senior year of high school as class president, baseball star, and newspaper editor. Instead, he faces grim survival odds in his battle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Narrator Sam, the girl next door in their Manhattan building, is his best friend and constant companion. She seduces him so that he won't die a virgin, and they fall in love and cling to each moment together. Sam's devotion to Jess wreaks havoc on the rest of her life. She isolates herself from ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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