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by Daniel Ehrenhaft
“My name is Ted Burger. I am sixteen years old. I am an only child. I live in New York City. I will not live to see seventeen.”
Just after his best friends make a list of things sixteen-year-old Ted should do to live it up, he learns that he has ingested poison and will be dead in twenty-four hours--which might be enough time to do everything on the list.
1)Lose my virginity
2) Apologize to Rachel
3) Get back at Biff
4) Jam and party with Shakes the Clown
5) Laugh in death’s face
6) Go to Africa
7) Rob a bank
8) Tell Mark to screw himself
9) Find out why Grandpa and Dad don't talk
10) Tell the truth
As nausea from the poisoning ebbs and wanes, Burger goes on a frantic tour of Manhatten, trying to achieve everything on the above list. He discovers many things about the people around him, including his shallow parents, his adored rock star, Shakes the Clown and his friends.
- Reviewed by DWF
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