"Told in letters, journal entries, e-mails, doctors' reports, and instant messages, the heartbreaking story of an aspiring ballet dancer battlingle...
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Nov 02, 2008
Chelsea
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A rose for Melinda is a book that shows you that you can't always get what you want. This girl gets leukemia but still doesn't give up her dream of becoming a prima ballerina. I would say that this book is a book of hope and love. It keeps you wanting to read more but mainly it will inspire you to go for what you want. It's great when there's nothing wrong with you and you can still pursue your dream. This girl had the opposite of that but she still didn't give up. I never wanted to put this boo
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Nov 02, 2009
The book A Rose For Melinda is about a girl who has been in ballet since she was six years old and has had a friend who was a boy and he went to her first performance and gave her a rose. This book was very sad because Melinda finds out she has cancer and can no longer do ballet which is the most important thing in her life besides her best friend Jesse. The most captivating part of the book was when Melinda was rushed to the hospital without her parents there because she was accepted into a sum
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Jan 27, 2010
Raegan
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Jun 18, 2010
Latiece
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This book was very good and cute to me.I liked it because it had meaning to it, when i say it had meaning to it i'm saying that even though melinda got truely sick with cancer she didnt give up on life. She worked through cancer with the support of her best friend jesse,mom and dad lenny and elana. She was so determined to get rid of her cancer that she did.Even when she got the bad news later on in life that her cancer has returned she fought it out all the way to the end. She didn't let her fe
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Jan 30, 2011
Scott
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Oct 17, 2011
Vivian
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I found the format of this book interesting, however it was distracting. I couldnt concentrate very well and didn't find it very "story-like". But i did like the format. i found this story very sweet since the two main characters melinda and jesse knew each other since they were young. Especially the first story where jesse defended some dude for pushing melinda. i was beginning to think that this story was going to be different from the other two that i've read (in True Love)
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Jul 24, 2008
Apa
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This book is one of my favorite books, A Rose for Melinda was the reason I started to enjoy reading.
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Jan 15, 2012
Hailey
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LOVE THIS BOOK!!!!
Lurlene McDaniel's books usually have tragic endings but the overall love and emotion really takes over. In the beginning of the story it starts off with a very strong friendship that is turning into a forever relationship. Lurlene Mcdaniel really shows that even though you are going through something tragic there is always someone there for you. Through thickness and thin, even sickness and health. Thats how you know that person is the one you want to spend the rest of yo More...
Lurlene McDaniel's books usually have tragic endings but the overall love and emotion really takes over. In the beginning of the story it starts off with a very strong friendship that is turning into a forever relationship. Lurlene Mcdaniel really shows that even though you are going through something tragic there is always someone there for you. Through thickness and thin, even sickness and health. Thats how you know that person is the one you want to spend the rest of yo More...
Nov 06, 2010
Valerie
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Apr 08, 2011
Sam
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I really love Lurlene McDaniel's books. To be honest, I didn't really like this one when it started. The format was different from her other books, and the story was told through notes, emails, journal entries, and online chats. The plotline was slightly cheesy originally, but McDaniel still ended with a flourish. Even though all of her books are sad, I always forget how close she makes you feel to the character when you are reading it. So yes, I still cried. To be honest though, I think that he
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Apr 13, 2011
Coryn
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I loved this book. It was the best book I have ever read! I gave it 5 stars because it was very interesting. I thought it was really sweet that they were friends when they were little, and they stayed friends as long as time allowed. The end of the book was so sad. It was the saddest book I have read out of all the Lurlene McDaniel books that I have read. I recommend this book to anyone that likes books with sad endings. It’s hard to put this book down once you start reading it! It was a g
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Mar 12, 2008
(B) Archer
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A rose for Melinda by Lurlene McDaniel
is a book that shows you that you can't always get what you want. This girl gets leukemia but still doesn't give up her dream of becoming a prima ballerina. I would say that this book is a book of hope and love. It keeps you wanting to read more but mainly it will inspire you to go for what you want. It's great when there's nothing wrong with you and you can still pursue your dream. This girl had the opposite of that but she still didn't gi More...
is a book that shows you that you can't always get what you want. This girl gets leukemia but still doesn't give up her dream of becoming a prima ballerina. I would say that this book is a book of hope and love. It keeps you wanting to read more but mainly it will inspire you to go for what you want. It's great when there's nothing wrong with you and you can still pursue your dream. This girl had the opposite of that but she still didn't gi More...
Jan 05, 2012
Elena
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Aug 25, 2009
Cara
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A Rose For Melinda is a really great book to read if you are into romance. It's about about a girl named Melinda, when she was little she found out that she had leukemia. Her best friend Jesse had moved away because his mother got a new job. Dring the summer his mom and dad got a divorce. When Jesse has moved away him and Melinda keep in touch. This book shows a bond between Melinda and Jesse, and how they become closer.
Oct 28, 2011
Jessica
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Apr 26, 2010
Quilla
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This book was very easy to read, but I'm getting tired of all of Lurlene McDaniel's books having to do with leukemia. Yes, they are interesting but can't she come up with a new topic sometimes? The ending was adorable, I didn't have any idea that it would end that way! Very interesting, I would say its an average book that would serve as a filler between books
Jan 20, 2011
Ashley
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it was a very good book but very sad towards the end i began to cry uncontrollably this beautiful young girl wants to become a dancer but her dreams are crushed when she finds out she has cancer and then her old friend came back and they fall in love and she ends up dieing its truly a great book recommended to any one who likes romance but beware it is very sad.
Dec 26, 2011
Katharine
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Very good book. I finished it within hours of checking it out from my library. I felt like the characters were realistic & Lurlene McDaniel does a very nice job of making it real which is very hard to do with this genre & idea. I would recommend this book for a hopeless romanic or someone for heart felt stories
Mar 05, 2011
Dinoo
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So far, this is absolutely my number one favourite book. This book deals with one issue that is really close to my heart which is cancer. This book was just so beautiful i ound it physically painful to have to put it down. If i could have, i would not have eaten or slept before finishing this book.
Dec 15, 2010
Viviana
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I lllloooovvvveee this book!! I insisted one of my cousin to read this book and she cried just like me big fat tears!! Great book. A very sad book but great at the same time. I like how Ms. McDaniel teaches us about death but in a way that we can understand it and can come to terms to what is happening.
Aug 31, 2011
Aspen
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This book is so Inspiring!! I cried so much! But in a way they were happy tears. I love how Melinda and Jesse love eachother so much and how they were there for the other through it all. That's real love. Who cares if they were so young, it was real. This will now and always be one of my all time favorite books.
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Dec 21, 2010
Hannah
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I LOVED this book! This book is the best book I have ever read. It is also the saddest book I have ever read. My favorite part was when Melinda and Jesse saw each other again for the first time in years because it was exciting to me. I think everyone should read this book. I recommend this book to anyone who hasn’t read it. This book was great!
Feb 28, 2011
S
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I really liked this book. The formatting is really nice, I like that it's written in the form of letters/emails/journal entries/etc. and the occasional phone conversations. I could really connect with the characters, and the book was able to make me cry, which is very rare.
Nov 20, 2010
Lauren
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This author writes books about youth with terminal illnesses. This one is about a girl who is a ballerina who ends up with Leukemia. I found it touching and hit close to home since many of her symptoms were similar to what was happening with my mother at the time I read it.
May 17, 2009
K.
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A close friend gave me a book by this author for Christmas and I was hooked. This one I bought on my own and its my favorite. I read it in 9th grade - in one night! It is sweet, cute and totally heart breaking.
Read it. It'll make you smile even when you're crying.
Read it. It'll make you smile even when you're crying.
May 11, 2010
Ashley
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A Rose For Melinda was a really bad book. It had an okay idea behind it i guess, but all in all, it was very poorly written. I felt like i was reading something written by an 11 year old the entire time. Like seriously, the story itself didnt seem real at all.
Jan 10, 2012
Kalani
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This was my favorite book that I have read of Lurlene McDaniel. It is in email-form and tells the story of love that won't be stopped despite distance and sickness. Even if you're too "old" for this book on library terms, i'd advise reading it.
Dec 24, 2010
Addie
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Feb 28, 2010
Rachel
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I love this book because it has so many heart felt feelings in it. I love those kind of books! This is not written like any other book because they are emails, letters, and pages from the characters diaries.
Dec 23, 2008
Nicole
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this book is so cute and way good. I would read it agian and again. oh boy if you haven't read it, I highly reccomend that you read it, but don't read the back, or the first couple of pages.
