ways to live forever
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sally Nicholls was born in Stockton, UK. After graduating in Philosophy And Literature, she took anMA in Writing for Young People at Bath Spa University, where she won the prize for the writer who showed the most potential. Sally wrote Ways to live forever when she was 23. She now lives in London and is writing her 2nd novel.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
My name is Sam I am eleven years old
I have LeukaemiaI collect stories and fantastic
facts By the time you read this,
I will probably be
DEAD!
SAM OLIVER MCQUEEN
• Sam's best friend who also has cancer.
• Funny, risky, always encourages Sam to do what Sam wishes.
• He died 1 month before Sam does.
FELIX STRANGER
SAM’S DAD
• He loves his son very much, but doesn't always show it.
• He goes to work as much as possible for avoiding the truth that his loving son is dying.
• He is the one who stay besides Sam, holding his hands until he died peacefully in his sleep.
SAM’S MOM
• She’s a caring and thoughtful mother. • She stays at home to take good
care of Sam every day.
• She tries to find any way to make Sam happy by helping him to make all his last wishes come true.
• She is the one who writes the last notice about Sam in his last check list.
SAM’S MOM
ELLA• Sam's little sister , a
strong personality girl.
• A sensitive 8 year old girl, who likes to ask a lot of question, often having fight with mother.
• She loves her brother so much , but never tells him so.
• She’s one of a family members who stay besides Sam until he died.
• Felix and Sam's special teacher.
• They don't learn much in her class, but they do have a lot of fun.
• Mrs. Willis inspired Sam to start writing his book, having them write down their wishes , encourage them work out to bring their dreams to reality
MRS. WILLIS
THINGS SAM WANTS TO DO BEFORE HE IS DEAD
Being a famous scientist
Flying in an airship
Going up in a spaceship and see the Earth from space
Being a teenager
Running up to the top of a down - escalators
Seeing a ghost
Writing books Breaking a world’s record
QUESTIONS NOBODY ANSWERS• How do you know that you’ve died? • Why does God make kids get ill? • What would happen if someone wasn’t really
dead and people thought they were? Would they get buried alive?
• Does it hurt to die?• What does a dead person look like? Or feel like? • Why do people have to die anyway?• Where do you go after you die? • Will the world still be there when I am gone?
SFelix died peacefull
y one
evening
Sam makes an important decision:
STOP all the
medical treatme
nt
… As time goes by…
Sam’s health is fading…
SAM DIED QUIETLY IN HIS SLEEP ON 14TH APRIL ABOUT 5:30 AM
He was in no pain
He was at home
All his family members were with him
THINGS SAM WANTS TO HAPPEN AFTER HE IS DEAD
• A funeral should be fun. People shouldn’t were black and tell funny stories about him, not sad ones.
• Everyone can read his book. • Give most of his things away. • People are allowed to be sad,
but aren’t allowed to be too sad. If they’re always sad when they think about him, then how can they remember him?
Sam finally find ways to live forever by making his last moment remains beautifully in his family members’ memories forever.
…Sam finally finds his ways to live forever by
making his last moments remain
beautifully inhis family members’
memoriesEternally…
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only. If you don’t ever try, you will never ever known!”
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