Eleven-year-old Tommy has cystic fibrosis. By twenty, he won't be around anymore. The disease is a death sentence. The problem is, it doesn't take you fast...it takes you real slow...with every breath.
Fifteen-year-old Bee, his sister, loves Tommy more than anything else in the world. She is his care giver, making sure that he has all his medication and that his horribly expensive vibrating vest, which keeps his lungs clear, is
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always working. Their mother is a good mother, but tired and lonely. She's often gone, spending nights with one loser boyfriend after another.
A make-a-wish foundation offers Tommy one wish, and he knows exactly what he wants. Obsessed with sharks, especially great white ones, he wants to go down in a shark cage. With everything set up, Tommy, Bee, and their mom board a plane to San Francisco. But then mom treats the whole thing like it’s her vacation and
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