ways to live forever

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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“You have one life and one life

only. If you don’t ever try, you will never ever known!”

Yoga Vasishtha