Join Will and Stella on a heart-breaking story– guaranteed to have you crying and laughing at the same time– as they both fight for their lives and maybe, if they’re lucky, each other. Stella needs order, she needs to know he’s trying to survive.Their worlds collide and ultimately their need to work together to achieve their goals. Away from the medicine that won’t save his lungs. And he’s determined to live it as he sees fit. Sometimes, life is too short not to live it. The disease that prohibits them from touching, never mind encroaching on those precious five feet. They are polar opposites…bar the disease they have in common, of course. He’s quick with words, has an easy smile, and likes to live vicariously. But for all her careful planning–nothing she did could have foretold the arrival of Will. She has too much to do and not enough time to do it.

She never does anything that could compromise herself or others. Everything has been meticulously planned down to the last letter. Review: Five Feet Apart opens in a hospital room, showing the ins and outs of Stella’s life.

As their connection intensifies, so does the temptation to throw the rules out the window and embrace what neither of them can ever truly have. There’s an instant sizzling tension between the two, though restrictions dictate that they must maintain a safe distance between each other. Her life is carefully planned with routines, boundaries and self-control - all of which begin to strain when she meets Will, an impossibly charming teen who has the same illness as she does. Synopsis: Seventeen-year-old Stella has spent a good portion of her life in the hospital as a cystic fibrosis patient. Review by: Chantelle, LCA Intern for Library HQ

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