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frequent stays the hospital have resulted in a life full of routines, boundaries & self-control - she is familiar with all the routines and knows what to take for her comfort - - she is waiting for a new set of lungs - her best friend Poe is back in hospital with CF too - a new guy, Will, arrives at the hospital to receive an experimental drug - his diagnosis is not very promising and due to this fact he likes to bend the rules - because an infection could lead to death, CF patients are supposed to stay at least six feet apart - Stella urges him to keep up with his regimen & he agrees if she will let him draw her - they have very different approaches to deal with their illness - it's refreshing to meet someone who's been through the same struggles - they develop a strong bond and Will becomes a close confidant to Stella - the closer they become emotionally the harder it gets to stay physically apart as Stella falls for Will she reduces the six feet into five feet - they go on their first date, end up at the hospital pool revealing their scars to each other - the next day is Will's birthday: Stella throws him a surprise dinner party with the help of Poe - Poe dies in the following night: Stella realizes how he didn't get to live his life and so she decides to live hers - Stella want to see the lights" with Will - during their trip she has to make a hard decision: either she gets a new set of lungs or Will - the solid ice Stella is walking on breaks & she almost dies but Will gives her mouth-to-mouth - Will's therapy isn't working for him so he decides to leave the hospital and Stella - Stella's lung transplant is successful and she's not infected after the respiration - they meet each other again eight months later at the airport 1 Stella Grant, 17 years old - has CF, so she grew up in and out of hospitals - older sister Abby passed away a year ago - waits for a new set of lungs - very friendly & intelligent, but controlling - has a YouTube-Channel on which she documents her life with CF - eats her pills with chocolate pudding - loves to watch the babies at the neonatal care - nevertheless she's very optimistic Characters others: Stella's parents, Will's mother, nurse Barb, nurse Julie, Dr. Hamid, Mya, Camilla, Jason, Hope, Michael - live your life to the fullest, because you never know what might happen in the next moment - live, laugh and love in the moment, because what happens in life is not always in our control - focus on the positive The mouth-to-mouth. Poe Ramirez, 17 years old - has CF and has been in the Hospital for over a decade, just like Stella - hard background story: underage, sick & alone Messase and keywords William Newman, 17 years old - has CF and Burkolderia Cepecia his prognosis isn't very hopeful - cynic and rebel, courageous - loves cartoons, also to draw them Style - first person-point-of-view from the perspectives of two narrators: Stella and Will - book flips between her and his perspective every other chapter - writing style was easy-going: yet not too easy but the atmosphere felt right - mixture of explaining all the drama and the diseases with irony and humor without the plot getting ridiculed TASK keywords: Cystic Fibrosis, hospital, love and fear, painting, sickness/illness, the lights", friendship and romance, emotional near, death, living a full life, optimism, living in the present 4 1. the name of the hospital the teenagers at 2. the disease they have 3. Will and Stella use this to keep the distance at their first date 4. Stella wants to see ,,the ..." 5. Stella eats ... while taking her pills 6. she loves to watch the at the neonatal care 7. Will likes to draw and to look at ... 8. the color of Poe's favorite jersey Stella walks on breaks in and due to this fact Will has to give her