Looks at Dr. Jack Kervorkian, who is known for his assistance at suicides, focusing on the facts, as well as discussing the emotions involved in each case.
Just after his best friends make a list of things sixteen-year-old Ted should do to live it up, he learns that he has ingested poison and will be dead in twenty-four hours--which might be enough time to do everything on the list.
Describes what it is like to have a loved one face a terminal illness or die suddenly, depicting the experiences of various young people in this situation and how they felt.
With the help of a terminally ill friend, eleventh-grade Jamie begins to question the values of some of his fellow students who seem to specialize in ridicule.
After Taylor Edwards' family gets devastating news, they decide to spend one last summer all together at their lake house in the Pocono Mountains, they get to know each other again and bond, and Taylor remembers her past friends and crush.
