One of the most powerful, inspiring
debut novels you will ever read

WINNER of the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize 2008

Every publisher dreams of discovering a first novel that is so outstanding that reading it for the first time is an electrifying experience. WAYS TO LIVE FOREVER by Sally Nicholls is a brilliant debut from a very young writer that has had a profound effect on me and on everyone who has read the manuscript.

It is the story of Sam. He is a boy who likes facts. He's also interested in UFOs and ghosts - and death. He has terminal leukaemia, and is going to die. And dying is a fact of life. The no-nonsense questions that he asks about death demistify the taboos, and make this funny, sad, honest, tender book a life-enhancing experience. It's for readers of all ages, and it will touch hearts and minds around the world.

I hope you will share my conviction that Sally Nicholls is a writer of exceptional talent. I think you will.

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With best wishes,

Publisher, Marion Lloyd Books
Scholastic Children's Books