I can't completely personally connect to Sam in this book. Someone she really cares about is dying of cancer, and i've thankfully never in my family had someone close die from it. Although, I have had close friends lose members of their family to cancer, and it's a horrible thing. I've seen how strong they had to be through the whole process and how much it hurt them. I can picture how Sam must feel about Jesse losing the battle of cancer. I've seen people lose and also win the fight of cancer. For the past two years i've done Relay For Life with the American Cancer Society to help raise awareness and the fight for a cure. Even though noone in my close family has been effected by it, i've seen so many other people fight it. Sam doesn't completely understand how serious Jesse's condition is. All she has is hope for him.
I'm not yet sure whether Jesse fights the cancer or unfortunately loses his life. All I know is Sam is really wishing the best, which any person would do for someone they love. It's very unfortunate that people everyday have to struggle with such a horrible disease. I honestly don't know how I would be able to handle someone I love so much fighting for their life like this. The book is emotionally hard to read because you can feel alot of the pain through the pages as you read. Jesse is only in high school, he shouldn't have to be dying so young before he even gets a chance to really experience life. He hasn't even lived yet, and he's already dying. It's something that I would never want to personally connect to, it would be far too heart breaking.
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