Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Description:

Seventeen-year-old Greg has managed to become part of every social group at his Pittsburgh high school without having any friends, but his life changes when his mother forces him to befriend Rachel, a girl he once knew in Hebrew school who has leukemia.

subjects: Humorous stories,  Jews,  Leukemia,  Family life,  High schools,  Schools,  Fiction,  Friendship,  Death,  Teenagers,  Jewish teenagers,  Families,  Juvenile fiction,  High school students,  Independent filmmakers,  Terminally ill,  Children's fiction,  Friendship, fiction,  Leukemia, fiction,  Schools, fiction,  Family life, fiction,  Jews, united states, fiction,  Pennsylvania, fiction,  General,  nyt:young-adult=2015-05-24,  New York Times bestseller,  collectionID:TexChallenge2021,  collectionID:KellerChallenge,  collectionID:EanesChallenge,  Reading Level-Grade 9,  Reading Level-Grade 8,  Reading Level-Grade 11,  Reading Level-Grade 10,  Reading Level-Grade 12,  collectionID:ConroeChallenge,  collectionID:bannedbooks

Places: Pennsylvania,  United States,  Pittsburgh (Pa.)