Ways to Live Forever
My name is Sam.
I am eleven years old.
I collect stories and fantastic facts.
By the time you read this,
I will probably be dead.
Sam loves facts. He wants to know about UFOs and horror movies and airships and ghosts and scientists, and how it feels to kiss a girl. And because he has leukaemia he wants to know the facts about dying. Sam needs answers to the questions nobody will answer.
True Facts About Ways to Live Forever
- 1. I really did run up down escalators when I was writing this book. It's something I've wanted to do for ages and I thought, if Sam can do it, so can I. I did it in the same place Sam does - at the Cornmill Centre in Darlington.
- 2. The chapter Visits is based on something my mother did after I was diagnosed with diabetes as a child. It was supposed to be a funny scene - but it didn't turn out that way when I wrote it.
- 3. I deleted over 20,000 words while writing this book (the finished novel is around 32,000 words long). Some of the scenes I deleted include a list of famous last words, a description of how a dead body decomposes and a scene where Sam and Felix try and break their world record by dropping water bombs on Sam's dad.
- 4. There are a few real names and places in this book. Auntie Nicola, Auntie Sarah and Auntie Carolyn are named after friends of mine, as is Raoul, the airship pilot. Stanley Rhode (the airship captain) gets his name from Stanley Road, the street I lived on at university. My friends and I always meant to put Stanley Rhode into one of our essays but never did, so I put him in the book instead. High Strawberry - on Sam's list of favourite things - is also a real place. We used to stay there when I was a child.
- 5. The first words I wrote when I began this book were:
List No. 1 - Five Important Facts About Me
- 1. My name is David Oliver Robinson.
- 2. I am eleven years, two months and seven days old.
- 3. I have one sister. Her name is Katherine Anne Robinson and she is nine years old.
- 4. I have acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
- 5. By the time you read this, I will already be dead.
Hi. I come from Poland. In my nation this book has a different tittle : “Olivier i jego zeszyt z marzeniami” I really love this book. It’s great and fantastic…..
Regards Kasia from Poland
January 11th, 2009 at 3:32 pmhey!! i only bought the book this morning and im nearly done!!! i love it!! it’s really deep or something!!=)
January 12th, 2009 at 6:41 pmHello !
January 31st, 2009 at 6:32 pmI’m french pupil. You’re book is fanstastic !
Hi!
February 5th, 2009 at 2:09 pmWow! I don’t know where to begin!! Ways to Live Forever is a fantabulous and most moving book I have ever read. I can’t wait to read your upcoming book ‘Season of Secrets’
~Nivi
Hi Sally,
It’s a great book. Me & my 8-yr-old daughter love it sooo much…
Can’t wait to read your “Season of Secrets”.
Keep Writing and… Good Luck !!
February 11th, 2009 at 6:04 amThe book was great.
February 12th, 2009 at 2:13 pmDas Buch war fantastisch.
It was the best book I have ever read!!!
February 18th, 2009 at 4:24 pmI totally recomend it!!!
It is fantastic!! but very sad!
This was the best book I’ve ever read! It made me cry, laugh, and even think about my life.
February 20th, 2009 at 4:03 pmI am half way through this book but has already become my favourite! And trust me, I’ve read a lot of books
February 28th, 2009 at 8:45 pmHi,I come from Portugal, i was stopping by a store and your book call my atention, my teacher asked us to do an oral presentation were we have to read a book and then teel the storie to all the students, I have choosed your book and tomorrow its the day. I think this is probably one of my favourite books and change my vision of the world where I live today. Thanks a lot I really loved it.
March 3rd, 2009 at 6:59 pmHi, i’m from Italy i read your book and i think it is fantastic!
March 4th, 2009 at 2:32 pmHi Sally!
March 6th, 2009 at 6:15 pmIch komme aus Österreich und habe dein Buch: Wie man unsterblich wird gelesen. Es hat mir super gefallen und deshalb stelle ich es in Deutsch auch vor. Zurzeit bearbeite ich es gerade damit jeder nur den beste eindruck von dem Buch bekommt.
Danke!
Hi Sally!
March 6th, 2009 at 6:19 pmIam from AUSTRIA.
I like your book very much.
I will tell everbody in our class about this book.
Thanks emma
heyyoo.
April 3rd, 2009 at 10:45 ami think that you are fab.
love ya
Emma
xxxxxxxxxxx
I can’t say how much I loved your book.It is sad, but sad is happy for deep people
April 4th, 2009 at 3:43 pmHi Sally, I come from Indonesia in south east Asia
I really love your Book
I cannt stop crying when i was reading it
you’re a great author
love you,
cannt wait your 2nd book X)
April 8th, 2009 at 6:19 amhey sally,
April 8th, 2009 at 9:07 pmi am 11 yrs old and love to read. your book was the best book i have read it has inspired me so much. your a great writer cant wait for your naext book sophiexxxxxx
I think ways to live forever is the best book i have ever read. if it were to win the Gateshead book award i would be so happy.IT IS GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 5th, 2009 at 5:04 pmHello!
May 7th, 2009 at 10:52 pmI’m from Brasil and I believe and say that the book is wonderful. The title in english, “Ways to Live Forever”, tickles my tongue, i guess. Até mais! (in portuguese, it says bie-bie!)
Hi Sally I write you from Italy. I have just ended of to read the book “Volevo vivere per sempre”. This book is moving and touching. I wish for you a nice writer career.
May 12th, 2009 at 7:05 pmThanks for the beautiful emotions that with this book you have given us.
Compliments, indeed.
Excuse for possible errors, but I am not good at English.
Kisses from Italy
Hello Sally!
I’m from Germany and “Ways to Live Forever” is such a nice book. We are now reading it in English, and I read it also in German. The title is “Wie man unsterblich wird”. Sometimes, I cried all night long, but sometimes I laughed so much. This book is really the most moving story I read. Thank you very much for telling us Sam’s story. It’s very affecting. Thanks, Sally!
In Love,
May 16th, 2009 at 11:10 amAmanda xxx
[In German it's Tschüss!]
Hello there! I like your book but i’ve read some better ones. The dying scene of Felix could be better.
May 20th, 2009 at 7:53 amGreetings, Gérhard
I like this book very much!!!!
May 20th, 2009 at 8:20 amIt’s great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey!!
I’m from Germany and we read the book in our class!! It’s fantastic ;-D.
In true things in ways to live forever, you forget warhammer and the Green Day T-Shirt!!
tschüss (in German)
May 20th, 2009 at 8:21 amJan and Thibault
En España se titula “ESTO NO ES JUSTO”.
June 10th, 2009 at 8:18 pmSally ya ha conseguido una forma de vivir para siempre, en el corazon de mucha gente.
Hi Sally!
I read your book “ways to live forever”. i loved it. i’m looking forward on buying your nex book!!!
June 30th, 2009 at 12:43 pmhi sally, how are u?
i love it
July 9th, 2009 at 6:55 amI’ve read the book this morning, before to go at work.
I’ve lived a similar experience with my best friend when I was eight years old.
Thanks for all emotion you are give me.
Ti abbraccio forte
Andrea
August 6th, 2009 at 1:16 pmyour book is simply great!
August 8th, 2009 at 6:14 pmreally change my point of view
touch deep to my heart
keep it up!
Wow. Oh my goodness. This is the only book so far that i have read that made me cry!!
August 9th, 2009 at 6:28 pmIt was just the last list was my breaking point and i had to wait five minutes beforei could finish reading it!!
This is the best book i have read in a long time i love it!!
wow, this book is really great!!. the story in this book is really touch my heart!!!
August 28th, 2009 at 2:20 pmThis book really touched me. As a 12 year old myself I could relate to Sam and the ending broke my heart
September 19th, 2009 at 4:34 pmI love the book. Just finished it on Friday. The book is awesome. I love the bit when Sam kisses the girl and i was almost in tears when felix died. xoxo lol
October 3rd, 2009 at 1:06 pmThis is truely one of the best books i have picked up. I reccommended it to all of my friends, I enjoyed reading it. It is very real; it made me laugh and cry(especially the end i cried for like twenty minutes). I loved every momment of it though, hope to read more!
October 7th, 2009 at 3:40 amMaravilhoso este livro, Parabéns pelo trabalho.
November 4th, 2009 at 10:41 pmI love this book so much, but i lost it yesterday =[ forgot where i put it
November 13th, 2009 at 2:25 pmI’m only like half way through the book. it is very sad. i have cried sometimes while reading this book. every time i have this book in my hands i just can’t seem to put the book down. this book is the best book i have ever read.!
November 20th, 2009 at 10:33 pmi have cried sometimes while reading this book. every time i have this book in my hands i just can’t seem to put the book down. this book is the best book i have ever read.!
November 20th, 2009 at 10:34 pmi have not cried in this book but it is very sad. i love this book so much it’s the best; i just can’t ever put this book down, its awesome.!
November 20th, 2009 at 10:39 pmi have actually cried while reading this book. it is very sad.every time i start reading this book i just can’t ever seem to put it back down. i will always remember this most awesome book.
November 21st, 2009 at 3:09 pmHi, I got given a signed copy of this book from my dad & really enjoyed it,
can’t wait to read season of secrets- is it true that it’s being made into a film?
xx
November 21st, 2009 at 3:16 pmHello, I’m from Portugal and here the translation of the book was quite different! ‘O menino que sonhava chegar à Lua’ (The boy who dreamed of getting to the Moon), I love this book, it is my favourite!
December 1st, 2009 at 6:55 pmHi,
December 11th, 2009 at 2:35 pmI am really fascinated reading your book. Please write more books asap.
All the best.
Shamsul, London
heeej I really like the book it’s a really sad story about a little boy. I finished reading it in two days normally I need one week for a english book. I will recommend it to all my friends an I also wou´ld make a speech about this book at school. I hope I will get a good grade at it ;).
I think I will read the book a second time because it is so amazing.
All the best.
December 20th, 2009 at 2:33 pmBeatrice (16), from Austria (Vienna)
Hi,
December 23rd, 2009 at 1:20 pmWays to live forever is a book which have a way to create emotions forever.I’ve read it 10 times and soon 11th will be completed.Sally u & ur ideas are just beyond words.
I n gonna read every book u will ever write
With Best Wishes & Love
Pragya.India
Dear Miss Nicholls.
January 2nd, 2010 at 2:24 pmI’m a 66 years old german actor and supporting since many years the immense important work of the “German Children Hospiz Service”, in which lots of honorary people do a wonderful job.
Your book”Ways to live forever” describes in a wonderful way the destiny of a child on his way to eternity.
My question : I know, your book is published and translated in German and there also exists a CD - if it is possible for me to do a new recording on no-profit base for everybody in order to benefit with a small amount the people who does this wonderful job accompanying the kids and sisterkids and families.
THanking you in advance
I remain with best regards
Wolfgang Welter
I got this book from a schoolastic book orders, by the way I am twelve years old. I read it for a reading project in my class and loved it. It made me feel sorry for Sam and happy for him. I absolutly enjoyed reading this book. I can’t wait to read the other book Secrets something. I am excited. It is one of my favorite books, so read it too!!!!
January 6th, 2010 at 3:58 ami read this book not intentionally but it is the best book i have ever read!!!!t is now my favorite book and it always will be! i was in the library one day and i picked 3 random books up and i read ways to live forever first and i couldnt let the book down so i was up until 3 in the morning reading and i love the book!!!! but sam dies 13days after my birthday. but i still really love this book
January 14th, 2010 at 6:56 pmThis is my very favorite book I’ve ever read! I’m very excited for Seasons of Secrets, the movie and the possible book threes. I don’t think I’ve read a story that moved me so much, and had such an impact on me. This book is really sad, but at the same time uplifting. It’s funny and moving and made me cry through laughs. Good luck on your next books!
January 15th, 2010 at 1:45 amwow!!!! i LUV this book!!! it really touches my heart and it becomr my number 1 fav book!!!! it only took me 4 hours to read this book!! ive nevr heard of sally nicholls before then my friends started telling me this such a good book!!! i read it and i LUVED it!!!!! i hope i like ur next book!!! thx for writing this book soooooo much!!!! i cant wait for ur next book!!! lol!
January 17th, 2010 at 4:30 amHey, Sally. When I read “Ways to live forever” last year, it really touched me. Really. I loved how he ran up and down escalators - I’ve always wanted to do that. Can’t wait to read your next books.
February 4th, 2010 at 9:46 pmI just stared reading the book.It is so GREAT I can’t put it down. It has it sad times, happy times, and that’s what makes it so GREAT. Sally Nicholls is my favorite autor she is so intelligent,and I can can’t wait to read the next book.
February 12th, 2010 at 4:47 amOlá!
e estou um pouco nervosa pois tenho medo de desvalorizar esta grandiosa obra.
Eu chamo-me Débora e ando no 10º ano. Amanhã vou apresentar o livro: “O Menino Que Sonhava Chegar À Lua” por Sally Nicholls
Para mim foi sem dúvida o melhor livro que li até hoje porque todas as paginas contêm sentimentos unicos, vividos… demasiado importantes e realmente fascinasntes! Porque todas as dores, todos os sorrisos, todo o medo e toda a angustia…toda a coragem e alegria das pequenas personagens “Sam e Félix” foram tão verosineis que não consegui deixar de ler cada capitulo, como uma droga, que só me fazia ler e ler até encontrar o fim.
Gostaria imenso de poder ter a oportunidade de continuar a ler obras da sua autoria, muito obrigada porque este livro foi mesmo muito importante e guarda por detrás de cada palavra uma grande mensagem!
Parabéns, espero que todos os seus livros prendam cada pessoa ás suas histórias como me prendeu a mim
Débora Prata, Portugal.
February 24th, 2010 at 6:28 pmOlá,eu chamo-me Débora e ando no 10ºano. Amanha vou apresentar ” O Menino Que Sonhava Chegar À Lua”, na disciplina de Português e sinceramente estou com um pouco de receio de desvalorizar esta grandiosa obra.Cada pagina, cada palavra…foi tudo tão sentido, tão unico, tão grande, que me prenderam á história de tal maneira que no final as lagrimas escorreram-me pelo rosto. Gosto mesmo muito da sua escrita, e sem querer desvalorizar outros livros que já li, este encontra-se num patamar bastante elevado das minhas perferencias. Também gosto muito de escrever, aliás, é um dos meus passatempos preferidos…a maneira como transpasso cada opinião, cada pensamento, cada sentimento cria em mim uma nova razão de encarar a vida…é como que todos os meus problemas estivessem apenas numa folha branca, sem qualqer valor… mas ao mesmo tempo a sua importância era tal que ao le-lo os problemas iam-se tornando mais pequenos e a solução era tão facil de descobrir…
February 24th, 2010 at 6:48 pmEnfim, tudo isto para dizer que um dia tambem gostava de mostrar ao mundo um bocadinho de mim, tal como a senhora o fez. Obrigada por nunca ter desistido de lutar pela publicação deste livro, é sem dúvida uma mensagem fundamental para superarmos o mundo em que nos deparamos
Hey yall, I LOVE this book!!!!
March 4th, 2010 at 10:57 pmI got this book from the library and I think it is one of the best books i’v ever read.IT REALLY MAKES YOU STOP AND THINK ABOUT HOW LUCKY YOU ARE…..if u have never read this book then read it as soon as posible.
March 19th, 2010 at 3:07 amhello.!
March 31st, 2010 at 12:51 pmHEY SALLAY;YOUR BOOK WAS PERFECT IT MADE ME REMEMBER OF MY UNCLE WHO TOO DIED IN LEUKEMIA
April 7th, 2010 at 7:22 amis his name oliver or sam
April 8th, 2010 at 8:43 pmThis is by far the best book I’ve ever read. It was so touching and moving. I lived it I read it in one day.
April 13th, 2010 at 1:50 amLoved
April 13th, 2010 at 1:51 amI started this book this morning and finished it straight away! This book is so touching, I just don’t understand how you wrote something so inspiring!
April 13th, 2010 at 8:53 pmYou see, when I grow up I also want to be a writer, and I love seeking for inspiring writers like Sam likes to seek for facts.
I LOVE this book.
Even everything I’m saying now is too less to describe how great this book was! I could feel that I was the character, I was the one who wrote the essay on near-death experience and that I was the one with platelets!
I’m just speechless. I don’t know HOW I can describe this book.
It’s a too-good and must-read book.
holy cow!!! this book was great, i read it for my book report at school and loved it i recamended it to all my bff’s and teachers, great job sally!!!!
April 22nd, 2010 at 10:40 pmHi! I think this book is fantastic! Sally is coming into my school next wee, and I am really looking forward to it, ive read both of the two books now…they’re just as good as each other. Thanks, and I look forward to seeing you next week.
Lydia
April 25th, 2010 at 9:39 pmhi…sally
May 4th, 2010 at 5:12 ami’m frm INDIA
i lyk ur book very much…
it’s very interesting…
i also write many stories…
I am from england and i have just read this book…..which i find amazing!!!
May 12th, 2010 at 7:45 pmI am inspired by him he isnt afraid of anything…..highly inspired!!!
Hi..sally
May 30th, 2010 at 5:13 pmI’m from TURKEY
I think this book is fantastic!
It is so GREAT !!
i’m fainting you!
hi sally your book is amazing i love it.! i could totally read it again it is so understanding. Thanks is great!!!!x
June 1st, 2010 at 12:55 pmHi Sally,
My son (age 12) has dyslexia and rarely reads at all. 2 months ago, his father died. Now his school teacher asked the class to read your book. My son started last Friday and finished yesterday - 3 days! He has never before read so fast and he was never before so emotionally caught by anything written, it really seemed to help him cope with his dad’s death.
Thank you for writing so beautifully on a difficult subject.
Jay’s Mum
June 7th, 2010 at 1:21 pmhey…!!!!!!
June 13th, 2010 at 12:21 pmsally…
ur books r fantastic…specially ways to live forever…i literally cried while i was reading this book….many of my frnds n i have formed a group…nd we published an article about u n ur books…ur an inspiration to me…. n i am trying to be a gr8 writer like u..
greetings from me and my frnds…
This book forever! I loved it (thank you school) and I loved your workshop, too.
June 15th, 2010 at 3:49 pmHi!
July 1st, 2010 at 11:14 amWays to live forever is really great! I like it so much and I read it again and again. The story is very touching and mind-blowing. One day, I´ll be “oncologe for childdren(like D. Bill) or author(like Sally Nicholls;))
This is the best book i have ever read ,even know i’m 11.
July 2nd, 2010 at 3:15 pmHi Sally!
July 8th, 2010 at 6:43 pmJust wanna say one thing…..I cried lyk hell after reading this book. Rock on! I m waiting 4 more buks 4m u.
Hello!
July 12th, 2010 at 9:58 amI love Ways To Love Forever!
It has been my favourite book for a long time. My grandparents gave it to me as a birthday present and I thought, ‘What’s this? Sally Nichols, never heard of her before, this may be a good book!’ and I read it a month or two later and I really, really loved it. I’m going to ask them to get me your other book as soon as possible. I can’t believe you’re that good as a writer. If we compare you as an author to Karen Gillan, who is the best actor EVER, (in my opinion) then you are only, less than a quarter of a mile behind her. (Which on the scale I’m using is absolutely amazing!)
Anna
luv ure book ways 2 live forever it was brilliant
July 12th, 2010 at 5:12 pmGreat Writer. Horrible to realize that Sam did not even exist.
July 15th, 2010 at 1:37 amhey sally ,
August 9th, 2010 at 4:27 pmhow can u rite such a gr8 book ?
ur the best author in the whole wide world !!!!
i have read “ways to live forever” for
100s of times!
nevar stop writing .
BEST OF LUCK !!
DEYASINI.INDIA
hey sally ,
August 9th, 2010 at 4:30 pmhow can u rite such a gr8 book ?
ur the best author in the whole wide world !!!!
i have read “ways to live forever” for
100s of times!
never stop writing .
BEST OF LUCK !!
DEYASINI.INDIA
hey!!!!!
sally u r osum!!!!1
ur book wz fantastic…..i luvd it…
waitin 4 ur next book dear…
good luck!!!!
August 20th, 2010 at 9:17 amI Love your books!!! YOu are the best author, EVER !!!
everyone should read your books, they are so real.
Love M x
September 2nd, 2010 at 5:28 pmHello! I’m from Brazil and lie your book! I loved it! you are to be congratulated. But here in Brazil the name of the book is how to live forever. And the book cover is different, has trees and a boy on her. Still adorrei! kisses!
September 3rd, 2010 at 7:06 pmI want this book badly. I did read the SeasonOfSecrets and its truely amazing.
September 5th, 2010 at 6:23 pmHi^^
Just to say that reading Ways To Live Forever was a trully moving experience ^^
All My suport, and I’ll definetly buy you’r future books
Mandy N
September 6th, 2010 at 5:46 amI LOVE THIS BOOK! I HAVE READ IT SEVEN TIMES! WILL YOU PLEASE WRITE SOME MORE!?
September 15th, 2010 at 6:50 pmI love this book, my mum just got it for me and i already finished it in a hour, and it’s hard to find myself a book that i am drawn to.
September 22nd, 2010 at 6:11 pmhey sally, i am 13 years old and to be honest i dont read alot. though, i picked up this book in my school library and when i started to read it i couldnt actually put it down! it was really gripping ad heart warming to read, i hope to read another one of your books soon!!! x
October 6th, 2010 at 7:01 pmhello!
October 18th, 2010 at 4:47 pmi am 13 yr old ananya from INDIA.i simply loved both your books too moving…..awesome only one word ‘WOW’
Hi I loved Ways to live forever. it made me cry at the end. It was a fantastic book. Thanks.
October 18th, 2010 at 9:22 pmloves,
Sherry xxx
Hi Sally!
October 28th, 2010 at 6:06 pmI’m from ausrtria and I love your book ‘Ways to live forever’. It made me cry in the end and I’ve read it ’bout a dozen times without gettin bored. It’s a fantastic book. Thanks for givin ths to the world
Love from austria
Miriam
i love the book ways to live forever;!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 5th, 2010 at 7:01 pmi am from india its the best book i ever read but from the title it appears to b a boring one
November 18th, 2010 at 3:40 pmHi…
December 2nd, 2010 at 7:45 pmI am from Austria.I am 13 years old. The book “Ways to live forever” is the best book i have ever read. Sally, you are a fantastic author!! I hope you write some more…..
hey…
i’m from india.ways to live forever is a book gifted to me from my school principal.i dont knw why, but i didnt read this book for 4 months. but when i started reading,i liked it so much that now, after 2 months of finishing it , i still feel the impact this book gave me.
Just wanna tell you that- this is one of my favourite books.just loved reading it.
December 13th, 2010 at 1:04 pmAcabo de leer el libro. Me ha encantado. Enhorabuena, has conseguido emocionarme con esta historia. En España, el título se ha traducido por “Esto no es justo” (This is not fair). Espero que los próximos libros sean aun mejores que este!!
December 15th, 2010 at 9:45 amHere are five facts about me:
December 19th, 2010 at 8:02 pm1. my name is Fiona
2. I am 14 years old
3. I like collecting interesting facts and stories.
4. I have excema, braces, red hair, dyslexia and ADHD
5. My goal: is to do everything on Sam’s list by the end of 2011.
6. i’ve already done one. go up the down elevators.
hi everyone!
this book ‘ways to live forever’is great!
5 treu fact about me:
1. my name is lizayra
December 23rd, 2010 at 8:32 am2. i’m dutch
3. i’m 9 years old
4. i make this letter by myself
5. the book go back to the library because it’s out
hi! i love this book is really emotional my favourite part is when they talk to the ghost, i love ghosts! i read the book in a day! i love the drawings and notes.
January 7th, 2011 at 5:44 pmit is a must read it was sooo touching sad and sometimes funny i smiled laughed and cried i recomend it for everyone!
January 10th, 2011 at 2:49 amHi Sally,
February 15th, 2011 at 4:06 pmI really love this novel.
I come from Holland. This book is also in the Netherlands. (Als je dit leest, ben ik dood) I love your books!
Good luck with the third!
Love
bonjour, je m’appelle lucie et j’ai 12 ans, j’ai lu votre livre Ways to live for ever en francais et j’ai adoréé!!!!
February 23rd, 2011 at 11:39 amC’était vraiment bien même si c’est triste mais j’aime beaucoup les livres tristes et vraiment vous êtes super forte.
Une admiratrice dévouée
:):):););)/)
The book is…honestly,I don’t know.I don’t have any idea because I haven’t read it yet. I read a book called ‘Before I die’ month ago and I cried 11 times on it. The girl was 16 and was dying from cancer.I don’t know if the book is based on a real story..I truly hope it wasn’t and a friend of mine told me that if I enjoyed that book so much I would definately read this one. I’m willing so much to read it but I already know it’s great. As I read books like this I realise how short life is and how we don’t have so much time sitting around on our ones and how we have to find something which or who can stay with us and how we really have to find love and pleasure. So yeah..life’s short and it sucks for tiny humans like this.It isn’t fair..:/
February 28th, 2011 at 8:06 pmI have a cousin.She had cancer on the age of 3 and now..she’s 5 now she still has it and I don’t think if anyone can do anything about it.
In my opinion tiny humans does not have to suffer in this kind of way.Noone have to suffer in this kind of way.
Live’s too short anyways.
Hello, i am from Germany and just finshed “Ways to live forever” yesterday evening. It’s a real good Book and honstly i was crying at the end. This book is so awsome and the Story aboout Sam is so intresting that I have to write a Comment here. I’ve read a lot of Books but none of them was this special for me. It makes that my Inside was shaking and I can’t even hold back the tears. I hope to read more of you.
March 2nd, 2011 at 7:01 pmx Inês
Salut Sally!
March 7th, 2011 at 10:18 pmJe viens du Canada et j’ai lu votre livre : <>. Je l’ai beaucoup aimé. Quand j’ai lu les premières page, j’ai pensé que ça allait être triste, mais ça m’a permis de réaliser qu’on doit vivre notre vie comme si on allait mourrir demain.
La vie est trop courte!
Me and my class have read this book in school it is the best book we have ever read!!!!!!!!
April 18th, 2011 at 5:30 pmI love this book. It is touching, funny and sad all at the same time. It’s my Favorite book now!!!
May 1st, 2011 at 3:32 amHi!
May 4th, 2011 at 8:14 amI’m from Spain. I just wanted to say this was the first book I bought and read in English and I found it awesome. I have just finished reading it for the third time and now I’m going to do a university presentation about it. Good luck with your other books and just thank you for making me read novels in english.
hi,
May 9th, 2011 at 5:25 pmI loved the book, you’re a great writer, I’m here representing the fans of Brazil, and myself =)
you are very talented and will go far.
There is a book that speaks of death, but of life.
Ways to live forever is so good
FAB book
May 15th, 2011 at 1:30 pmand touching
I love your Book
May 29th, 2011 at 2:21 pmIm from switzerland
Ways to live forever so touching. I virtually cried.
May 30th, 2011 at 12:14 amWays to Live Forever is one of the best books I’ve ever read, and believe me, I read a LOT. This book is one of those rare stories that is so poetic and beautiful, yet very, very real. Here’s this kid, Sam, who’s dying from cancer, yet he’s still a kid… I love how you portrayed him as very mature for his age, but at the same time a child who has big dreams for his last moments on earth.
Your writing is amazing… I hope to be an author like you some day!
June 2nd, 2011 at 2:42 amIt’s a story of death… but at the same time, an extraordinary celebration of life.
June 2nd, 2011 at 2:43 amhi..
i love Sam
Actually i was thinking that ‘ways to live forever’ is a true story. I thought the book wrote by Sam.
i wondering about the inspiration of the novel. Please reply this comment through my mail address if you don’t mind
Thank You..
June 3rd, 2011 at 1:59 amWhat a wonderful book. I’m a 38 year old man, father of a (healthy) 6-year old son, and found it so touching, so sad and joyous and real and true and simple at the same time, thank you so very much for writing and publishing it. It gave me so much desire to really ENJOY life and living, and to make life an enjoying experience for my kid, and it was such an emotional experience reading it (it took me 3 weeks to finish), really thank you very much. And thank you for not being romantic in it
It was a great experience.
June 4th, 2011 at 5:19 pmI LOVE your book Sally Its my favorite book I ‘ ve ever read!!!
Plus I am 12 years old and I have experienced your book and so has my mum my nan and my auntie, and they adore it! 
:) 
:D 
June 13th, 2011 at 11:44 am“I love your books I have read both and hope that you publish more I am 11 and my favourite book is ways to live for ever I read it so fast I just wanted to see what happened thanks so much for writing them and I hope you write more:) xxxxx”
June 13th, 2011 at 5:23 pmHey sally
June 23rd, 2011 at 8:48 amOnce i read your book, i was so inspired, the book moves alot of people, i am one of them, it was completely amazing and so are you, this was a wonderful topic to write about, I am a small-town author, I have read alot of books and this is by far the best, Once long ago i wrote a book about a 17 year old girl with cancer, she had no friends and i named it coping, in the end, her mother had a heart attack and eventually the cancer killed her, people said it made them cry, i love your book.
i like love your book soooooooooooo much it is the best book i have ever read i started reading it and couldn’t stop i am now reading it for the 5th time <3 that shows how much i love it and now i am reading your other book season of secrets i love it aswell please bring out another one
plus i am only 12 years old and i have read you book 5 years and now im reading your other book 
<3 
:D 
:p
June 23rd, 2011 at 6:30 pmi did really cried for almost a week……….. love you and your book………..thanks for such a great book
July 23rd, 2011 at 4:27 pmbharti
india
a heart touch book
August 28th, 2011 at 5:24 amthis. is. just. TOTALLY. AWESOME!
October 6th, 2011 at 1:44 pmcouldn’t help for crying my eyes out right after done reading this one. totally epic. BRAVO!
i actually reaaaaaaaaly love this book . I had to buy the french version though and its called ” Quand vous lirez ce livre ”
keep writting !!
<3
November 15th, 2011 at 7:42 pmAm .. Hello Sally
November 20th, 2011 at 9:59 pmI love to read me your book as just and seen the movie. From what is known and I love it.
Cheers fan more for you.
Hi sally, I am from India …. Your book fantastic….. The way of writing is good and love to read your books.. Waiting for “All fall down: A survival story”…….. Good luck<3
November 25th, 2011 at 3:17 pmthis book is awesome hats off
January 8th, 2012 at 8:34 amThis book was an amazing read. I still regret losing it soon after. Why? I loved it so much I carried it everywhere and lost it. xD
Sam is an amazing boy. Fictional or not.
January 18th, 2012 at 6:36 amAmazing story. I saw the list of facts about Sam and stopped any thought of homework and went straight to reading it. As the name I put here says, this is inspiring. Live your last moments happily.
Hi Sally,
January 18th, 2012 at 11:15 amyour story make a billion people get a new motivation,….
我很喜欢你的书，不知道你能看懂吗？
January 20th, 2012 at 10:36 ami love this book i am doing a project on it
January 21st, 2012 at 10:57 pmhi were looking at this book in english, and writing our own stories based on your themes!! It’s really good
February 11th, 2012 at 2:11 pmSally,
February 21st, 2012 at 7:18 pmThis story was truly amazing. I had to read it for an assignment, and it really sparked something in me. Often times while reading it I was almost brought to tears. It felt real and hit a soft spot for me. I am aspiring to be an elementary school teacher, and for one of my classes at the University of Utah I had to read this and reflect on it and why it is such a great tool to use in the classroom. You are a very talented writer and I am excited to read this with my future classes.
Very strong book. I recommend everyone to read this book… Very great book!!! I loved it!!~~
February 24th, 2012 at 2:43 amHi, I have read this book many times and I have to say I still love it. I am from Darlington and I like how the story feels local to me. I have known many people who have had leukaemia and other types of cancer and I know just how real this can be. It is a very moving story, which still makes me cry when I read it. An excellent book!
February 27th, 2012 at 10:14 pmHi,
March 7th, 2012 at 7:02 pmI have never read any of your books before but you are coming to my school on 12th March and I am going to buy your book
‘Ways to live forever’
I LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH!!
March 8th, 2012 at 3:55 amSam is so strange,I love this story.
How can I get Sam’s Family adress ?
This book make me know what the meaning of life and make me love God.
I always remember Sam said : “God is a great doctor.He make people sick to make them feel better,same like doctor do commoterapy to thir patient to make the patient feel better.No problem to God if you die,because it mean you will go to heaven,to His place.” I love WAYS TO LIVE FOREVER
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March 11th, 2012 at 5:24 pmHI
I saw your book at school on the shelf and it looked so interesting so i picked it up and read it.
IT’S AMAZING!
YOUR A GREAT WRITER!
hey…i m from india …this was by an accident that i got…”ways to live forever” as a gift from my little bro,but after that it become the most memorable one for me …i am addicted to ur book…whenever i feel low and less confident i just start reading it …i dont know how but it gives me strength …have read it almost 50 times…thank you soo much ….
March 27th, 2012 at 10:47 amI loved this book so much! I loved Sam he was a great character and we have so much in common! Your a great writer Sally, keep up the good work, and thank you so much, I can totally relate to Sam! He’s a great character.
April 12th, 2012 at 1:21 amhi…. i love seasons of secrets very much..it ws very nice.. nw i read ‘wys 2 live frevr also. it’s very intrestng and a vey beautful story.. sally nicholas s a very good author i’m waitng to some mr new books f sally
May 16th, 2012 at 6:39 amHi, I’m twelve years old and I went to lightwater valley with school the other day, my nearest theme park! I went on the Ultimate for the first time. In fact, I went on it four times in a row, and d’you know what? When I was doing all that queueing I started to think of Sam and how he would’ve passed the time in that hour long queue with his cousins. Which is strange,I know, because he never existed in real life, but he is starting to exist through ME! (Minus the cancer. Luckily.)
What also was strange is that I live not to far from a massive shopping centre in Gateshead, the metrocentre. I was ENTHUSED by the spirit of Sam to go up a down escalator utterly RANDOMLY one day.
July 16th, 2012 at 7:06 pmHere comes the wierd bit….after I’d done it, I was looking on the film’s website and found out that it was in fact FILMED IN THE METROCENTRE!
I also find you a big inspiration as you’re the nearest writer from where I’m from, minus David Almond, as he is closer! But he’s a man….
So, as I THINK you are living in London, are you missing the SUNNY(sarcasm obviously used) skies of Northern England?
Also, when is WTLF coming out in England?!? It’s slightly strange that he’s English yet it’s released in loads of other different places first!
So, good luck in your writing career, which I’m sure will be VERY successful! Even my dad enjoyed WTLF!!! Xxx I recommended it to EVERYONE! Xxx
i have already read seasons of secret and i just cant stop reading this… its really touching… i will recommend this book and seasons of secrets… both are really good… way to go Sally.
August 23rd, 2012 at 4:08 pmhi Sally Nicholls you may not remember me you were at my school Kelso High School i bought one of your books i have no long finished reading ALL FALL DOWN. and i thought that it was really good i love your work. and i wanted you to know that when i was 9 years old i had a christmas poem published. and i am doing a story in english and i think that your books give me more more ideas. I hope you do well on your next book about the ghosts and i cant wait to read it. YOU ARE A TALENTED WRITER GOOD LUCK. XXXXXXXXXX
August 29th, 2012 at 10:17 pmI read your book recently and it is one of the best books i have ever read.
August 31st, 2012 at 4:59 pmMay Sam and Felix rest in peace!
I’m 11 years old and i’ve read this book 15 times. I choose it for every book assignment and anything to do with books. Sally Nichols is one of the most talented writers yet. Amazed.
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this was one of the first books i got from the library when i was 9 years old. i got it because the cover was purple and it was my favorite color. What a good choice nine year old me did, as 6 years later i’m still reading this book constantly, it is the best book i have read. It also helped me deal with the death of one of my best friends as i got it a month after he passed and it kind of like my bible, it taught me to embrace life and be thankful for everything. and to take in the moments that take our breathe away and never to give up. i highly recommend this book to anyone whenever they ask me what can i read. And Sally Nicholls You are a GENUIS!!
April 8th, 2013 at 5:31 pmexactly where dо I buy this
April 21st, 2013 at 10:52 amI’m not sure where you’re getting your information, but
April 22nd, 2013 at 7:51 amgood topic. I needs to spend some time learning
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Me and my friend both have read the book and it was really relatable for both of us thank you it was good to expirence this to be read
May 9th, 2013 at 9:02 pm