By Sara Jade AlanΒ (PolSci'00)
(Entangled Teen, 220 pages; 2017)
Life is funny sometimes.
And not always the ha, ha kind. Like that one time where a hot guy tried to kiss me and I fell. Down. Hard. And then found out I had cancer.
Iβm trying to be strong for my friends and my mom.
And Iβm trying so hard to be βjust friendsβ with that hot guy, even though he seems to want so much more. But I wonβt do that to him. Heβs been through this before with his family, and Iβm not going to let him watch me die.
So, I tell myself: Smile Ellie. Be funny Ellie. Donβt cry Ellie, because once I start, I might not stop.