
The Only Way Out
By Deborah Kent
1997
First Published
3.98
Average Rating
185
Number of Pages
After conflicting reports on her need for chemotherapy from two different doctors, fourteen-year-old Shannon is forced to make the decision of how she will deal with her disease.
Avg Rating
3.98
Number of Ratings
83
5 STARS
35%
4 STARS
36%
3 STARS
22%
2 STARS
6%
1 STARS
1%
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Author
Deborah Kent
Author · 26 books
Deborah Kent was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, and grew up in nearby Little Falls. She graduated from Oberlin College and received a master's degree from Smith College School for Social Work. For four years, she was a social worker at University Settlement House on New York's Lower East Side. In 1975, Ms. Kent moved to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she wrote her first young-adult novel, Belonging. In San Miguel, Ms. Kent helped to found the Centro de Crecimiento, a school for children with disabilities. Ms. Kent is the author of numerous young-adult novels and nonfiction titles for children. She lives in Chicago with her husband, children's author R. Conrad Stein, and their daughter, Janna.