Extraordinary Means by Robyn Schneider (2015)


With a tagline that reads, "Life goes on until it doesn't," it sounds like this book is going to be another Fault in Our Stars. But it's really quite good. (Full disclosure: I haven't read Fault, but as I haven't liked any of John Green's books, I'm not planning on doing so. I think he's a completely charming person, nonetheless.)

Lane is seventeen, and is just moving into Latham House, a sanitorium for total drug-resistant tuberculosis afflicted teens. It's an interesting and unusual scenario, and really treats the disease seriously--this is no incurable movie disease. 

He meets Sadie and falls for her and her quirky group of friends. Sisman gets teen humor perfectly right--the near constant sarcasm, teasing and jokes (and it's actually funny) and yet the book is poignant without the slightest trace of treacle. Fabulous.