This book is about a seventeen-year old Campbell Cooper or
Cam. She grew up at Disney as her dad was a career dancer for the
Spirit Of Aloha show at the Polynesian together with Cam’s mother, Alicia and Perry,
her little sister . She is suffering from cancer along
with her best friend Lily. Both of them met each other in the hospital seven
years back when they’re admitted in the same hospital room. Since then, both of
them become friends and they made a to-do list about things that they must do
before they leave the world.
Cam’s doctor, Dr. Handsome said that she need a miracle but
Cam doesn't believe in miracles at all! She knows that one day she’ll
eventually die as her cancer is at stage 3 and soon it’s going to be at stage 4.
With blue spots at few parts of her body, she has no hope to be cured. One day
when Cam comes home early from her morning shift at work, she finds the house
entirely packed up. Alicia's yoga friend Tom told her about a mystical town in
Maine which is rumored to have healing powers and an unusual number of
miracles. Cam, her little sister Perry, her pet canary Tweety, and Alicia are
road tripping to Promise, Maine for the summer to get Cam her miracle.
The thing about Promise is that it’s not that easy to find
it. You can only see the road to Promise from the drive through at a certain
Dunkin Donuts, and it’s really best to order a whoopie pie and some chocolate
milk to make sure you’re on the right track. Which sounds pretty ridiculous to
Cam, but turns out to be true.
When Cam, Alicia and Perry arrived in Promise, sadly her pet
canary Tweety was set free in Hoboken, even Cam has the wonder if the rumors are true. It turns out that the everlasting sunsets, whales leaping in the bay
at the same time every night, pink flamingos gathered at the beach during
sunset and the perfect weather are true. With the returning of Tweety and a boy
named Asher-a gorgeous, 17 year old sweet and funny boy with no parents, lets
her adopt Homer the lobster from the local lobster shack, a place where Asher
works and let them stay in his house.
At first Cam stayed in her room
doing nothing and just live with no hope every single day. It gets worst when
her best friend, Lily died and she even tried to kill herself. Then, Asher
made her believe in herself and to fill her life with memorable moments. Cam
decided to do the things in her list that she and Lily made few years back. Soon,
she learn a true friendship, love and family bond. Cam finally learn to believe
in true love, in herself and in miracles before she die. Leaving Asher and her
family, she has no regrets at all because the life that she used to have is
actually a miracle.
Nur Izzati Binti Noor Azmi
Nur Izzati Binti Noor Azmi
4 Cergas
26
January 2014
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