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Send Me a Sign Kindle Edition

by Tiffany Schmidt (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 77 ratings
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Mia is the quintessential high school A-lister: popular, non-exclusively dating the captain of the soccer team, extremely high GPA, everything Mia's mother has ever wanted. When you have everything good going your way, you have everything to lose. After Mia finds out she has leukemia, she feels like everything she has achieved will slip away from her. So she decides to keep her illness a secret from all her friends and her boyfriend. The only one she lets in is her lifelong best friend, Gyver-the guy next door who is poised to become so much more in her life. Mia is always looking for signs in her everyday life, to shape her decisions, and now that she's sick, she's desperate for a sign that she is going to survive.
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  1. Reading age
    12 - 15 years
  2. Print length
    401 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    7 - 9
  5. Publisher
    Bloomsbury USA Childrens
  6. Publication date
    October 2, 2012
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  11. ISBN-13
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Seventeen-year-old Mia Moore believes in signs, and she makes decisions based on her daily horoscope, tarot cards, and even a Magic 8 Ball. Schmidt’s debut hinges on a doozy of a decision: Should Mia tell her friends she has been diagnosed with cancer? When all signs point to no, Mia leads her friends to believe she is in Connecticut visiting her grandparents instead of at the hospital. The one exception is her longtime neighbor, Gyver (as in MacGyver), who is right there with her through her first round of chemotherapy. Mia manages to deflect questions about her shrinking frame and thinning hair, as well as lengthy absences from school—perhaps a little longer than is believable. Eventually readers will wonder why, oh why, can’t her friends puzzle it out? The novel feels overly long, but it heats up midway through as friendships are called into question, parental nerves start to fray, and a love triangle blooms. Girls who gravitate toward problem novels, and enjoy stories of romance and complex female friendships, will stick by Mia’s side. Grades 8-12. --Ann Kelley

About the Author

TIFFANY SCHMIDT lives in Pennsylvania with her saintly husband, impish twin boys, and a pair of mischievous puggles. She's not at all superstitious . . . at least that's what she tells herself every Friday the 13th. Send Me a Sign is her first novel. www.tiffanyschmidt.net

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B009CS7Z7M
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bloomsbury USA Childrens; 1st edition (October 2, 2012)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 2, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 5325 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 401 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 77 ratings

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Tiffany Schmidt is the author of Send Me a Sign, Bright Before Sunrise, and Hold Me Like a Breath. She’s found her happily ever after in Pennsylvania with her saintly husband, impish twin boys, and a pair of mischievous puggles.

You can find out more about her and her books at: TiffanySchmidt.com, TiffanySchmidtWrites.tumblr.com, or by following her on Twitter @TiffanySchmidt.

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4.3 out of 5 stars
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Sandy @ Craving YA Reads
5.0 out of 5 stars Book Review from Sandy at Magical Manuscipts
Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2012
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Tiffany Schmidt's, Send Me A Sign, had me both crying and cheering on her character, Mia. This book had everything I was looking for in a general fiction book. It had drama, romance and an ending that suited me down to the ground.

Mia was a girl who had it all - good grades, the best of friends and a life anyone would have wished for, but all that changed when she got diagnosed with cancer (leukemia). There was something great about reading about a girl who lived her life through 'signs' - even though some of those signs caused her to make stupid mistakes. But that's life.

Even though I've never had cancer, I could relate which what she was going through. I could even understand some of the decisions she made - one that included not letting anyone know she was sick. Denial is definitely one of those things that really comes to life in a situation like Mia's. Even the confusion Mia dealt with was real to me. She was trying her own way to get through an ordeal that was brought on through no fault of her own.

The story was told in first voice (Mia's voice) and what a voice it was. It was strong. It was the type of voice you don't forget in a hurry. It's a voice that made this book one of my favorites. Even though it dealt with a serious illness, it was light enough so your spirit didn't feel like it was dying. It was a hopeful voice. I know that sounds odd, but it's the only way I can think of to describe it.

The other characters were fantastic too.

Gyver was the boy-next-door and I fell in love with him. He was definitely crush-worthy. He made mixed tapes for Mia - just because she liked them. He was her best friend, even more than the girls were and I think he was the one who really made Mia wake up to what she was doing in the end. I was definitely Team Gyver. He was someone who Mia had grown up with.

I didn't really like Ryan. He had his moments, but I just didn't connect with him the way I did with Gyver. It was almost like he was competing against Gyver to win Mia's affections when he wasn't really into her at all - it almost felt as if it was more the thrill of the chase with him.

Mia's parents were at times both annoying (Mia's mom) and sweet (Mia's dad). They dealt with their daughters illness in different ways that had me both swearing and nodding in agreement with them. Mia's mom I could have slapped.

The whole novel was about a girl's trials and tribulations with having to deal with the fact that she had cancer. It was about learning that horoscopes were not the end all and be all of your life and that you made your own luck. It was about having to face up to things and make some tough decisions and, yes, it was about falling in love - with the right person.

In the case of this book, the romance side of it didn't overpower the story - instead it enhanced it.

I would recommend this book to anyone. I don't think there would be a single person who didn't get something out of it - even if they didn't like reading it in the end.
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3.0 out of 5 stars For fans of Before I Fall and Lurlene McDaniels
Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2014
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A cancer book with the type of girls from Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver - and this is the novel you have with SEND ME A SIGN. Mia is hard to like a lot of the time. She is popular, a cheerleader and has a great guy after her. But then she gets sick and decides not to tell anyone (WHY?) and struggles with it. I connected with Mia for most of the book and enjoyed her love triangle. What I loved was that the 2 guys were both nice guys. No one was a total jerk in this book (except maybe her bff, ala Lindsay from Before I Fall). The writing was solid but nothing that truly packed a punch with me. Recommended for fans of Side Effects May Vary by Julie Murphy, Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver and Lurlene McDaniels. :)
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Kelly Jensen (STACKED Books blog)
4.0 out of 5 stars Not just a "cancer book"
Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2012
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I am not a fan of cancer books, and neither is Mia. So when she's diagnosed with leukemia, she hides it. She doesn't want to be cancer girl. She wants to get through that first round of chemo then be her normal, happy, perfectionist self, surrounded by the girls she's been friends with and cheerleaders with forever.

But it's not that easy and can't be that easy. She's told one person her diagnosis: Gyver, the boy who has been her best friend and neighbor since the beginning of time. The boy who has always been a steady person for her. The only person she feels won't make her cancer girl.

In the midst of chemo rounds -- which happen during the summer -- Mia is able to live somewhat normally. She's getting signs from Ryan, one of the popular guys at school, that he's interested in her. Seriously interested in her. The thing is, she's not ready for him. She doesn't necessarily see him as the kind of guy she wants to date. He's got a little bit of a reputation for not being serious with any girl, and Mia's just not sure whether she has feelings for him like he does for her. It's more than that though: she doesn't want to have to tell him about her cancer. She doesn't want to be the person who scares him away.

She doesn't want to be that person, period.

Schmidt's debut tackles cancer and the cancer genre of books with the approach I take in reading them. That is, it pushes against them, challenges them, doesn't want to acknowledge what it is they are or they are not. Mia is a strong girl tackling something that is literally attacking from the inside out. But rather than allow herself to be pitied, to be doted upon, she wants to keep it a secret. She doesn't want people to be scared or worried because she herself doesn't want to be scared or worried. When her parents begin to make her more nervous about what cancer means for her, she further pushes herself away from the diagnosis and from the reality of her physical illness. She strives to operate as though it's not a part of her.

The romantic tension in this book was palpable and sweet and hit all of the right notes. SEND ME A SIGN is about that choice of who you let in and who you do not let in. And it's not necessarily about a right choice or a wrong choice but about choice all together. In the end, it's about having the willingness to go with what your heart knows is true.

I loved the weaving of superstition and signs into the book and felt like they really fleshed out the whole of who Mia was while giving readers the opportunity to be surprised right along with her. Never once did this feel like one of those stories where cancer makes someone smarter, more insightful, more worldly or more experienced. Mia was a teenage girl and remained a teenage girl. Her problems were the problems of high school girls. That's not to belittle the weight of what cancer is in a story but rather to maybe give it MORE weight.

This book will be a go-to for those who love Jenny Han's writing, and without doubt, those who were fans of her "Summer" series will want to read this book. Sarah Dessen fans will eat this up as well.
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Sammee (I Want To Read That)
4.0 out of 5 stars 4.5 Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 30, 2013
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I had been looking forward to reading this since I saw it recommended on Goodreads by Courtney Summers. I love her books so anything she recommends sounds good to me!

I loved Mia and all her superstitions. The way she looks for signs all the time (to Gyver's annoyance!) She's the kind of flawed character I love. She doesn't always do, or feel the right thing and that makes her much more believable and interesting to read about. I have the feeling some readers may not warm to her but I really did.

I didn't completely understand why she wanted to keep her illness a secret - I know she was scared of peoples reactions (and I couldn't help think her mother played a large part in igniting those fears) and I suppose the longer you go without telling the harder it becomes. I imagine it's easier to pretend it's not happening if you don't say it out loud. But I felt she was just alienating herself - when really she needed people around her.

The way her parents dealt with her illness annoyed me slightly as well (especially her mother) but at the same time you know how much they love her - and it's realistic in the sense that people are going to react and cope in their own ways - not everyone is going to know the best or right way to deal it. I did, however, love Gyver's mum and how she was with Mia. Gentle, caring and trying to get Mia to see she doesn't have to face this alone.

Gyver is seriously one of my favourite characters ever! I want one! I loved every scene he was in and missed him when he wasn't around. I was begging the two of them to realise how they felt about each other! Watching their relationship go from how close they were at the beginning of the story to how they were with each other later on was killing me!

I also really liked Ryan and I'm really please the author made him such a likeable character. He was also there for Mia and I think the fact that she lets him in, lets him see her at her worse shows that she does care for him - just not necessarily in the way he (or she) wants. I didn't feel she was using him - I think she told him enough times how she felt - but at the same time I think perhaps she wanted to feel differently and he sensed that. Plus she really needed someone. Which sounds mean, but how do you let go of someone who's there for you when you really need them?

I also really liked Meagan - and her storyline - which brings home to Mia what is happening to her. To be honest, I think I much preferred Meagan to Mia's other friends. While I understand why they react in the way they do I kind of felt they turned it around to be about them when really it should have been about Mia.

I think I must still be having series withdrawal though because even after nearly 400 pages I wasn't ready for this to end. I did loved the ending though - but I could have easily spent another 400 pages with these characters and been happy!

Fabulous characters, a story that is more than just a `cancer' book and one of my favourite male leads. A brilliant debut .
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