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SIX WEEKS A.D. DR. CHASE INSISTS that it’s too soon for me to attempt enrolling in high school. Too many kids with too many illnesses. Carla and I persuade him to let some of my tutors visit in person as long as they’re well. He is reluctant, but he agrees.

MADELINE’S MOM

Page 3 and 4: This is a work of fiction. Names, c

Page 5 and 6: C O N T E N T S Cover Title Page Co

Page 7 and 8: More Than This Nurse Evil Neighborh

Page 9 and 10: Takeoff Forgiveness Life is Short T

Page 11 and 12: THE WHITE ROOM I’VE READ MANY mor

Page 13: SCID ROW MY DISEASE IS as rare as i

Page 19 and 20: “Perfect.” My mom peers over my

Page 21 and 22: STAYS THE SAME I’M READING ON my

Page 23 and 24: ALIEN INVASION, PART 2 I’M UP TO

Page 27 and 28: THE WELCOME COMMITTEE “CARLA,”

Page 29 and 30: NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH HIS MOM’S SCHE

Page 31 and 32: I SPY HIS FAMILY CALLS him Olly. We

Page 33 and 34: The bell rings again. My mom half r

Page 35 and 36: PIÈCE DE REJECTION BACK IN MY room

Page 37 and 38: I don’t think Carla has ever said

Page 39 and 40: FIRST CONTACT TWO DAYS PASS and I

Page 41 and 42: NIGHT FOUR I CAN’T STAND it. I pe

Page 43 and 44: NIGHT SIX THE BUNDT IS lying on a w

Page 45 and 46: FIRST CONTACT, PART TWO From: Madel

Page 47 and 48: Wednesday, 8:15 P.M. FIRST CONTACT,

Page 49 and 50: Olly: curiouser and curiouser madel

Page 51 and 52: Madeline: She must love somebody. I

Page 53 and 54: Olly: no. he made me quit the mathl

Page 55 and 56: Olly: come to the window Madeline:

Page 57 and 58: figure is different. This time he

Page 59 and 60: “Well, if I didn’t know before

Page 61 and 62: TWO HOURS LATER I TRY AGAIN. “It

Page 63 and 64: LATER STILL “PLEASE, CARLA—”

Page 65 and 66: “You trying to talk me out of it?

Page 67 and 68: OLLY THE SUNROOM IS my favorite roo

Page 69 and 70: he’s still, I can feel the need t

Page 71 and 72: DIAGNOSIS

Page 74 and 75: WONDERLAND AND IT’S THE wanting t

Page 76 and 77: MAKES YOU STRONGER THERE’S NO E-M

Page 78 and 79: NO YES MAYBE Monday, 8:09 P.M. Made

Page 80: TIME CARLA MAKES US wait a week bef

Page 83 and 84: FORECAST OLLY’S ON THE wall again

Page 85 and 86: There are too many inputs to the fo

Page 87 and 88: SECRETS MY CONSTANT IMING with Olly

Page 89 and 90: NUMEROLOGY NUMBER OF: minutes it to

Page 91 and 92: OLLY SAYS HE’S NOT ON the wall wh

Page 93: Olly finds himself getting angry, t

Page 96 and 97: going to go back to school soon. He

Page 98 and 99: UPSIDE DOWN NORMAL PEOPLE PACE when

Page 100 and 101: my finger in the palm of his hand.

Page 102 and 103: FRIENDSHIP Later, 8:16 P.M. Olly: y

Page 107 and 108: LIFE AND DEATH OLLY’S NOT ON the

Page 110 and 111: HONESTLY Later, 8:03 P.M. Olly: no

Page 112 and 113: preparing for a bout. He’s trying

Page 114 and 115: THE THIRD MADDY I’M ALMOST ASLEEP

Page 116 and 117: “That’s enough now,” my mom s

Page 118 and 119: MIRROR IMAGE I PULL THE curtains as

Page 120 and 121: MORE THAN THIS MY MOM WORDLESSLY kn

Page 122 and 123: NURSE EVIL MY NEW NURSE is an unsmi

Page 124 and 125: I stare at the note, remembering th

Page 126 and 127: HIGHER EDUCATION WITH OLLY BACK in

Page 128 and 129: ALOHA MEANS HELLO AND GOOD -BYE, PA

Page 130 and 131: LATER, 9:08 P.M. OLLY’S ALREADY W

Page 132 and 133: THE GLASS WALL A WEEK LATER, someth

Page 134 and 135: HALF LIFE IT’S A STRANGE thing to

Page 136 and 137: THE FIVE SENSES HEARING The alarm

Page 138 and 139: “Maddy—” “I’ll explain ev

Page 141 and 142: At first I’m not sure what I’m

Page 143 and 144: HAPPY ALREADY “MADS, BE SERIOUS.

Page 145 and 146: I reach over and take his hand. “

Page 147 and 148: eyes. “I must’ve missed a lot o

Page 149 and 150: TTYL

Page 151 and 152: THE CAROUSEL “I’VE DECIDED BAGG

Page 153 and 154: MADELINE’S DICTIONARY prom•ise

Page 155 and 156: And, too, the world is in me.

Page 157 and 158: REWARD IF FOUND OUR HOTEL SITS righ

Page 159 and 160: three meals and two snacks exactly

Page 161 and 162: eathed the same filtered air for so

Page 163 and 164: GUIDE TO HAWAIIAN REEF FISH

Page 165 and 166: I’m sure I don’t want him to. *

Page 167 and 168: ZACH BACK AT THE hotel, Olly calls

Page 169 and 170: Do you have my daughter? Is she OK?

Page 171 and 172: THE MURPHY BED IT’S LATE AFTERNOO

Page 173 and 174: ALL THE WORDS I COME AWAKE slowly,

Page 175 and 176: MADELINE’S DICTIONARY in•fi•n

Page 177 and 178: THIS TIME OLLY SMILES. HE will not

Page 179 and 180: “Do you believe it?” he asks.

Page 181 and 182: THE END SOMEONE HAS PUT me in a hot

Page 183 and 184: My. Heart. Stops.

Page 185 and 186: RELEASED, PART ONE

Page 187 and 188: READMITTED MY MOM HAS transformed m

Page 189 and 190: RELEASED, PART TWO Wednesday, 6:56

Page 191 and 192: Madeline: but mine isn’t

Page 193 and 194: GEOGRAPHY I’M IN AN endless field

Page 195 and 196: LIFE IS SHORT SPOILER REVIEWS BY MA

Page 197 and 198: PRETENDING I’M STRONGER WITH each

Page 199 and 200: I’m trying not to focus on Olly,

Page 201 and 202: FIVE SYLLABLES A MONTH LATER, just

Page 203 and 204: HIS LAST LETTER IS HAIKU From: gene

Page 205 and 206: FOR MY EYES ONLY From: Dr. Melissa

Page 207 and 208: question if I have spoken after all

Page 209 and 210: IDENTITY CARLA’S BARELY IN the do

Page 211 and 212: PROOF OF LIFE ALL I HAVE to do is g

Page 213 and 214: have SCID?” Her concern morphs in

Page 215 and 216: I should feel compassion. But that

Page 217 and 218: THE VOID A UNIVERSE THAT can wink i

Page 219 and 220: “But my heart stopped.” “Yes.

Page 221 and 222: ONE WEEK A.D. I HAVE MY first weekl

Page 223 and 224: THREE WEEKS A.D. MY MOM TRIES to en

Page 225: FIVE WEEKS A.D. I ORDER REAL plants

Page 229 and 230: lot left.” We go back inside. I f

Page 231 and 232: THE END IS THE BEGINNING IS THE END

Page 233 and 234: FUTURE PERFECT #2 From: Madeline F.

Page 235 and 236: FORGIVENESS I STARE OUT the window

Page 237 and 238: THIS LIFE EVEN AT 9 A.M. on a Satur

Page 239: choices you make and all the choice

Page 242 and 243: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS YOU ARE TRULY a tho

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