Goodreads YA Week 2020
Jenny Downham

Jenny Downham’s Followers (1,023)

Elle La...
Elizabe...
Linda B...
Ger F
Christi...
Linda
Kelly R...
Ms.Davi...
Dylan M...
Treasaigh
Jemma H...
Kell Co...
Frederi...
Courtne...
Lauren
Letter ...
Anastas...
Shenna
Cindy Pon
Angela ...
Michell...
Christi...
Cammeo ...
Alisha ...
Lacey W...
Hala
Kelly V...
Minerva...
Alexis ...
Jennifer
More followers…

Add New
Videos

Now is good trailer
Add a comment

More videos…

Jenny Downham


Born
London, The United Kingdom
Genre
Young Adult, Literature & Fiction

Influences
Raymond Carver


Jenny Downham (born 1964) is a British novelist and an ex-actor. In her first book, Before I Die, the fictional account of the last few months of a sixteen-year-old girl who has been dying of leukemia for 4 years. The book is told in the first person. The book was acclaimed and was short-listed for the 2007 Guardian Award and the 2008 Lancashire Children's Book of the Year, nominated for the 2008 Carnegie Medal and the 2008 Booktrust Teenage Prize, and won the 2008 Branford Boase Award.

Combine Editions

Average rating: 3.79 · 73,855 ratings · 6,575 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors
Before I Die
3.83 avg rating — 51,164 ratings — published 2007 — 103 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
You Against Me
3.70 avg rating — 17,913 ratings — published 2010 — 45 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Unbecoming
3.75 avg rating — 3,455 ratings — published 2015 — 24 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Furious Thing
3.95 avg rating — 840 ratings — published 2019 — 11 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Love Hurts
by
3.20 avg rating — 483 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Red House Young Writers' Ye...
by
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
More books by Jenny Downham…

Upcoming Events

No scheduled events. Add an event.

Quotes by Jenny Downham

“I wish I had a boyfriend. I wish he lived in the wardrobe on a coat hanger. Whenever I wanted, I could get him out and he'd look at me the way boys do in films, as if I'm beautiful.”
― Jenny Downham, Before I Die
tags: love
476 likes
Like

“I love you. I love you. I send this message through my fingers and into his, up his arm and into his heart. Hear me. I love you. And I'm sorry to leave you.”
― Jenny Downham, Before I Die
tags: leaving, love, sorrow, tessa
366 likes
Like

“I love you. It hurts more than anything ever has, but I do. So don't you dare tell me I don't. Don't you ever say it again!”
― Jenny Downham, Before I Die
tags: adam, love
323 likes
Like

Polls

What should we read for December/January? Books should be pubbed between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2011. Write-ins are welcome but PLEASE check the poll first!!! Make sure your book meets the criteria for Printz, too!

 
  4 votes 33.3%

 
  3 votes 25.0%

 
  3 votes 25.0%

 
  1 vote 8.3%

 
  0 votes 0.0%

 
  0 votes 0.0%

 
  0 votes 0.0%

 
  0 votes 0.0%

 
  0 votes 0.0%

12 total votes
More...

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics posts views last activity  
100+ Books in 2020: Christina's 2009 100+ Books 110 820 Dec 31, 2009 09:46PM  
Challenge: 50 Books: Emma's 50 books - COMPLETE 52 206 Nov 08, 2010 09:58AM  
100+ Books in 2020: Brad's 100+ Books for 2010 112 181 Dec 15, 2010 08:46AM  
Cover to Cover Ch...: Care's - seriously, 144 books in 2010? - Finished! 35 114 Dec 20, 2010 06:39PM  
Cover to Cover Ch...: Darcy's 2011 Books 13 385 Jan 01, 2011 06:54PM  
YA Book Club Not ...: February Nominations 16 54 Jan 16, 2011 02:34PM  
The Seasonal Read...: Winter Challenge 2010-2011 Reading Plans 54 401 Jan 19, 2011 08:32AM  
Room 107, Period 3: Spring Break Goal 42 36 Apr 19, 2011 10:29AM  


Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite Jenny to Goodreads.