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Copyright © 2014 by Lori and Wayne Earl
Introduction copyright © 2014 by John Green
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Earl, Esther, 1994-2010, author.
This star won’t go out: the life and words of Esther Grace Earl/by Esther Earl with Lori and Wayne Earl; introduction by John Green.
pages cm
Audience: 12 up.
Summary: “A memoir told through the journals, letters, and stories of young cancer patient Esther Earl.”—Provided by publisher.
ISBN: 978-1-101-62714-3
1. Earl, Esther, 1994-2010—Juvenile literature. 2. Thyroid gland—Cancer—Patients—Biography—Juvenile literature. 3. Cancer—Patients—Juvenile literature. 4. Cancer—Juvenile literature.
I. Earl, Lori, author. II. Earl, Wayne, author. III. Title.
RC280.T6E27 2014
362.19699’4440092—dc23 [B] 2013035838
Credits: I am listening to hear where you are.—“Two-Headed Boy,” Neutral Milk Hotel
Will you hold my hand when I go?—“When I Go,” Slow Club
Love is watching someone die,—“What Sarah Said,” Death Cab for Cutie
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Edited by Julie Strauss-Gabel
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Art and photographs have been supplied by the Earl family and contributors to This Star Won’t Go Out. They may not be reprinted without permission.