10 Things to Do Before I Die

Ehrenhaft, Daniel

ISBN 10: 0385909128 ISBN 13: 9780385909129

Publisher: Delacorte Pr, 2004

Synopsis

After a nurse informs Ted that he has a brain tumor, he wants to start living life to the fullest, and he makes a list of ten things he wants to accomplish.

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Review:

Ted Burger, 16 and with "Brillo pad hair," has always played it safe, choosing to experience the wilder sides of teenage-boydom vicariously through his bonkers best friend, Mark. But when he discovers he's been poisoned by a lunatic diner chef and has only 24 hours to live, he enlists the help of Mark and his girlfriend Nikki to dash off a list of brilliantly hair-brained activities he must accomplish before he dies. The trio then embarks on a dizzying New York City roller-coaster ride of booze, rock-and-roll concerts, drunken taxi rides, and a credit-card-stealing prostitute. Believable? Not exactly. Fun? Totally. Ehrenhaft's keen characterizations and teen-speak dialogues ring true, and with so many fabulously taboo plot twists, one would think this could be his one-two punch to Quick Pick stardom. But somehow he caps this shameless and entertaining whirlwind race against time with a syrupy, half-baked, and predictable ending guaranteed to piss off and/or disappoint every teen reader who for 200 pages succumbed to and believed in Ted's full-throttle quest for complete spontaneity. (Fiction. YA) (Kirkus Reviews)

About the Author:

Daniel Ehrenhaft, the author of Tell It to Naomi, has written numerous novels, often under the name Daniel Parker, and is the recipient of the 2003 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Novel for The Wessex Papers, Volumes 1 through 3. The author lives in New York City.
From the Hardcover edition.

About this edition

• Publisher: Delacorte Pr
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0385909128
• ISBN 13: 9780385909129
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 219