This was a quick read that will appeal to middle graders. Twelve year old, Neon overheard her parents whispering in their bedroom and to her utter dismay she finds out that she only has 28 days to live. They are trying to keep her healthy and happy; but they are hiding the truth from her. Neon decides to live her last 28 days to the fullest and doesn't let her parents know that she knows. She decides that she wants to do one good deed a day and if she's really good, maybe she'll be granted a miracle and can live. She decides she'll help everyone in town if that's what it will take to get a miracle. She helps her elderly neighbor, decides to sit with an autistic classmate at lunch, gives her sweater to someone who needs it and so on. The pressure to keep her secret though is weighing on her. She doesn't want people to start treating her any differently. Soon though she is having to make up lies and is inadvertently pushing her friends away. But could they handle the truth? Sweet and a little sad. With some more chapters and a better editor, I think this could be a big book.
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