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Somewhere Between Life and Death

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By Lurlene McDaniel
Publisher Laurel Leaf
Somewhere Between Life and Death
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The celebration isnt supposed to end in tragedy. The night of their highschool drama groups cast party starts out as fun for sisters Amy and Erin.Their lives come crashing down when Amy takes the car to get more food and has a horrible accident. Erin and her family pray for Amy to awaken from her coma. But as the monitor bleeps and the respirator hisses, Amy lies somewhere between life and death.Erin and her parents must find the courage to accept the fact that Amys lifesupport system will never bring her back. When she dies, can the family give some meaning to her senseless death? Can Amys dying become the hope for someone elses living?

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33005 words33,005 words
160 pages160 pages
Lexile 740LLexile 740L
Grade 6 to 8Grade 6 to 8
Published 1990Published 1990

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Book ISBN:

0553283499

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