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A Season for Goodbye (One Last Wish Book 11) Kindle Edition

by Lurlene McDaniel (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 25 ratings
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Together again. It's been a year since Katie O'Roark, Chelsea James, and Lacey Duval shared a special summer at Jenny House. The girls have each spent the year struggling to fit into the world of the healthy. Now they're back, this time as "big sisters" to a new group of girls who also face life-threatening illnesses.
But even as the friends strive to help their "little sisters" face the future together, they must separately confront their own expectations. Katie must decide between an old flame and an exciting scholarship far from home. Chelsea must overcome her fear of romance. And Lacey must convince the boy that she loves that the feelings for him can be trusted.
When tragedy strikes Jenny House, each of the girls knows that things can never be the same again. Will Lacey, Chelsea, and Katie find a way to carry on the legacy of the Jenny House? Can their special friendship endure when they go their separate ways?
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  1. Reading age
    12 - 14 years
  2. Book 11 of 12
    One Last Wish
  3. Print length
    193 pages
  4. Language
    English
  5. Lexile measure
    660L
  6. Publisher
    Laurel Leaf
  7. Publication date
    December 15, 2010
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  9. Word Wise
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  10. Enhanced typesetting
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  11. Sticky notes
    On Kindle Scribe
  12. ISBN-13
    978-0553562651
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Grade 6-9?Returning to Jenny House (a retreat for youth with life-threatening illnesses) for the summer as Big Sisters, Katie, Lacey, and Chelsea are happy to be healthy and together again. But as they prepare to face the girls who need their support and encouragement, each of them has a personal crisis. Katie, a heart transplant survivor, wants to go to college away from her family, friends, and boyfriend to run track for Arizona. Lacey, who is learning how to control her diabetes, needs to find a way to deal with her boyfriend, a hemophiliac. And Chelsea must contend with her deceased best friend's twin brother, knowing he hates her for living while his sister died waiting for the heart that Chelsea received. As each teen tries to cope with the situation, a new arrival brings more challenge into their lives. Dullas, a 12-year-old with leukemia, is sullen, withdrawn, and hard to control. Lacey, Katie, and Chelsea must find a way to reach her before the end of the summer. Each of the characters shows maturity and wisdom in dealing with her own illness; facts about other illnesses are included as well. The author's compassionate approach informs and interests readers at the same time. Fast-paced and chock-full of teen angst and romance, this latest installment will not disappoint fans of the series.?Jana R. Fine, Clearwater Public Library System, FL
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It's been a year since three friends have each spent time adjusting to a healthy life after struggling with deadly illnesses: now all are working on their relationships and reflecting on the newcomers to a home for ill children in this latest "One Last Wish" story; part of a series revolving around issues of life and death. -- Midwest Book Review

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B004CFAW98
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Laurel Leaf (December 15, 2010)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 15, 2010
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 5052 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 193 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 25 ratings

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Lurlene McDaniel

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I was born in Philadelphia PA, grew up (mostly) in Hialeah FL, graduated from the University of South Florida, Tampa FL (go Bulls!) and currently live in Chattanooga TN---I'm an American citizen by birth, and Southern by the grace of God.

I have a brother, three years younger, married, and mathematically gifted. I am totally without math skills.

The books I write, the topics and subject matter, grew out of my firstborn son's diagnosis of diabetes at age 3.

Infinite reward that comes to me from my work.... when a grown reader lets me know that reading my books inspired her to seek a profession that helps others. I have wonderful letters saying, "Today I graduated from nursing/medical school."

Now that's a gift of joy!

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Auneaka Simmons
5.0 out of 5 stars It’s great
Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2019
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5.0 out of 5 stars "A Season For Goodbye proves to be worth it more than any other McDaniel novels"
Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2006
A Season for Goodbye by Lurlene McDaniel gets the readers attention in every way possible. It has comedy, suspense which keeps the readers hooked to keep on reading and finding out what is going to happen next, a few conflicts that get resolved eventually and a bit of tragedy that brings tears to its reader's eyes. This novel revolves around three young women, Katie, Lacey and Chelsea. There is one thing that holds all three of the characters together and that is the Jenny House. The Jenny House is a house for people with cancer and they all get together over the summer to enjoy every bit of time they have left. The three girls get together this summer for the last time before heading off their own directions. All three have conflicts going on in their lives which they in the end resolve.

Katie must decide between, whether to take the scholarship that is offered to her far away from home or try to work things out an old flame of hers. Chelsea on the other hand must trounce over her feelings of falling in love. The last main character, Lacey, having the most difficult decision of all must convince Jeff, her boyfriend that her feelings towards him can be trusted and she does love him with all his heart. It becomes hard for her to convince the Jeff since they get into arguments constantly and end up blowing up at each other.

What also makes this novel so different from other novels is that it contains inspiring elements that holds people together. Dullas, one of the Jenny House residents who have serious attitude issues often gets in arguments with Katie. Katie has to deal with her attitude since they both live in the same room. Katie never gives up and always tries to convince Dullas and make her understand. "Into every little life, a little rain must fall". This quote gives Katie her most inspiration. As McDaniel's novels revolve around life lessons, yet again she does a good job introducing a new life lesson that people should not give up so easily. Everyone must make an effort to reach somewhere. Many conflicts arise when Lacey and Jeff try to work things out. The novel is mostly based around Lacey's life and Katie, but not so much on Chelsea's. She is seen more of a care taker of the other two girls and the rest of the Jenny House residents.

Lacey and Jeff eventually resolve their arguments when an accident takes place with Jeff. She pours her heart to Jeff and he finally believes the feelings Lacey has for him are worth trusting.

But things don't go their way for too long when a tragedy strikes the Jenny House. It seems like all along that everything is okay and all the girls are going to be okay with their lives and their boyfriends but just when they think things are going fine, something goes wrong. In such a situation they learn to stick with each other and be there for each other when times of hardships come along. As much as we would think that their friendship might be affected by this Jenny House tragedy, the girls try their best to stick together and fight every difficult situation head on. It might seem like they all have their separate ways but in the end they all follow the same path together.

"I know you're grateful to me because I stuck by you when you were in the hospital. Which is more than any other girl has ever done when she sees me like this." This quote easily summarizes what the reader might be looking for. The novel is surrounded with numerous moral lessons.
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Susie Barton
5.0 out of 5 stars A Season For Goodbye Book Review
Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2006
A Season for Goodbye by Lurlene McDaniel is an eventful novel. It is about these three girls; Katie O'Roark, Chelsea James, and Lacey Duval, who decides to go and spend the summer at the Jenny House. The Jenny House is a house where kids who have cancer or had cancer can go and spend there time with others who are like them. They have fun and there are a lot of events that they can participate in. These three girls have been sick for the past years but now they are back. There is one quote that summarizes their struggles they have gone through in the past, "I know you're grateful to me because I stuck by you when you were in the hospital. Which is more than any other girl has ever done when she sees me like this."

This novel is not that long, it is 151 pages. It also isn't very difficult. It does keep you intrigued in the story just because you want to see what happens next. There are a lot of disasters that occur that keeps you turning the pages. I definitely recommend it. It is sad in parts but I think all of Lurlene McDaniel books are good.
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Caitlyn
3.0 out of 5 stars Don't Buy Just for Jeff & Lacey
Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2005
I am a huge fan of Lurlene McDaniel and the "One Last Wish" series. After reading "All The Days of Her Life" I HAD to find out what happened with Jeff and Lacey. They are definitely my favorite couple!!!! and I wanted so badly to see them and read more of their story.

So after months of anticipation, I finally bought "Season for Goodbye". The story is mostly about Katie, Chelsea and Lacey working through their problems.

Katie could not decide whether to take the scholarship she'd worked so long for, and to her surprise, Josh is a counselor at Jenny House so she didn't really get to work things out on her own.

Chelsea, is really doing nothing big, just still crushing on DJ, Jillian's brother, and trying to get back to normal life.

Lacey is handling a girl named Dullas, who has an attitude similar to Lacey's [but Lacey wasn't this bad!] last summer.

If you are like me, and just want to hear of Lacey and Jeff, DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK. Rent it from the library. There are 3 and only 3 Lacey/Jeff scenes: a big fight, a truce, and big reconciliation [which wasn't even that good] . I was disappointed with how little Lacey/Jeff there was, but this is still a good book!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good till the last sentance
Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2002
I'm amazed that McDaniel pulled this one off. Her last few novels were so annoying . . . Anyway, you will like this novel.It's full of conflict, Katie having to decide between a track scholarship in Arizona and staying with Josh. Chelsea is trying to overcome her fear of romance and get DJ and Lacey must get through to Dullas, an angry foster child and covince Jeff that she won't dump him again... Rewad to find out what happens to Katie, Josh, Chelsea, DJ, Jeff, Lacey, Kimbra, Dullas and Mr. Holloway.
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Melissa Stacy
5.0 out of 5 stars Wow
Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2001
This book, out of all the Lurlene McDaniel books that I read (which is pretty many) is one of my favorites. The author describes the characters emotions wonderfully! This book is a real page turner! The grief these girls went through is amazing! You think that their sorrow will never end and it seems like it never will. If you like McDaniel, you will love this book!
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map111
5.0 out of 5 stars A lesson to all people about friendships and growing up.
Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 1998
For anybody who has been reading the One Last Wish series, this is one book you can't miss. A lot of questions from previous stories about Josh, Katie, Lacey, Jeff, Chelsea, and other characters are answered, and you will be as touched by this book as by all the ones before it. For people who haven't read any of the series yet, this book is a great place to start, but go back and read some of the others too!!
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Mehreen
5.0 out of 5 stars Good and Interesting book
Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2002
This book is very good, I read most of Lurlene McDaniel's book and I like all of them, every book has a different story and they're really good, they're really touching and some sad, some of her stories even made me cry. Its Really good, I would recomman this and all of her books to everyone who enjoys reading books.
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