Five Steps Away, Paperback Book, By: Rachel Lippincott

Can you love someone you'll never be able to touch? Stella Grant is a control freak, even though her lungs - completely out of her control - land her in the hospital repeatedly for most of her life. At this point, what Stella needs most is to distance herself from anyone or anything that might infect her or take away her chance of a lung transplant. Everyone is six steps away. No exceptions. Will Newman, the thing that dominates his mind most is getting out of this hospital. He is not interested in receiving his treatments, or in any new clinical trial. Soon, he will be eighteen and he will be able to get rid of all these devices and go see the world for what it is, not just its hospitals. Will is exactly who Stella needs to stay away from. If he breathes near her, her name may be removed from the transplant list. Either of them may die.