num_pages: 272
description: This novel-in-verseat once literary and emotionally grippingfollows the unfolding friendship between two very different teenage girls who share a hospital room and an illness. Chess the narrator is sick but with what exactly she isnt sure. And to make matters worse she must share a hospital room with Shannon her polar opposite. Where Chess is polite Shannon is rude. Where Chess tolerates pain silently Shannon screams bloody murder. Where Chess seems to be getting slowly better Shannon seems to be getting worse. How these teenagers become friends helping each other come to terms with their illness makes for a dramatic and deeply moving read.
language: English
title: Two Girls Staring at the Ceiling
publisher: Schwartz & Wade