Sixteen-year-old Dani is convinced she has nine lives. As a child she twice walked away from situations where she should have died. But Dani's twin, Jena, isn't so lucky. She has cancer and might not even be able to keep her one life. Dani's father is in denial. Her mother is trying to hold it together and prove everything's normal. And Jena is wasting away. To cope, Dani sets out to rid herself of all her extra lives. Maybe they'll be released into the universe and someone who wants to live more than she does will get one. Someone like Jena. But just when Dani finds herself at the breaking point, she's faced with a startling realization. Maybe she doesn't have nine lives after all. Maybe she really only ever had one.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Published: 06/05/2012
ISBN: 9780374302085
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.82w x 0.99d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2012
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2012 - Book Of Special Distinction
School Library Journal 07/01/2012 pg. 93
Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2012 pg. 273 - Recommended - Readable
Publishers Weekly 08/20/2012
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2012 pg. 119 - Recommended, Satisfactory

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 169258 / All These Lives
Reading Level: 5 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 8