At Least I Can Dream — Lauren Clark

Evangeline doesn't dream anymore. Cancer has taken everything -her will, her youth, her life. When doctors diagnose her as terminal, Evi and her mother lose all hope. Until the hospital offers the chance to live beyond her dreams. One last wish: a wish to dream again. Thanks to the aid of a dream research company Evi can participate in a trial program, one where she can experience any adventure she would like in a simulation. Under one stipulation. Evi risks death in reality if she dies in simulation, possibly forfeiting what little time she has left. With the help of young Remiel, a boy with his own fatal diagnosis, Evi embarks on her very first adventure as a pirate on an epic voyage. During her adventure Evi encounters monsters on a quest for treasure, risking the remainder of her life in a refusal to go down without a fight as a victim of cancer.