Sam Oliver McQueen is 11 years old and is sick of leukemia. His diary is a tremendous testimony to the desires and troubles of a child who knows he has little to live, but who celebrates life through every gesture and thought.
British novelist Sally Nicholls's debut novel has won numerous literary awards, including the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, the Concorde Book Award and the Luchs Prize for "The Best Book of the Year" in Germany.