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I want to give this book more like 3 1/2 stars. Kept me reading but mostly because we were book-talking it at a YA readers' group.
Charlie's change seemed too abrupt and extreme but I loved the question put out about what happens behind closed doors and what do we really know about the people in our town and how much should we/could we get involved?
Vera's relationship with her father felt true and strongly written and Vera's voice was powerful and compelling. The author was dealing with several ...more
Charlie's change seemed too abrupt and extreme but I loved the question put out about what happens behind closed doors and what do we really know about the people in our town and how much should we/could we get involved?
Vera's relationship with her father felt true and strongly written and Vera's voice was powerful and compelling. The author was dealing with several ...more
18 year old Vera Dietz wonders: “Is it okay to hate a dead kid? Even if I loved him once? Even if he was my best friend?”
Vera’s best friend forever, Charlie Kahn, is now dead. And she knows that there’s more to his death than everyone else thinks. She saw him turn from her best friend, someone she loved, into someone she hardly knew, someone who hung out with Jenny Flick and the rest of the detentionheads. She knows all Charlie’s secrets. But she’s not quite ready to come clean with the secrets ...more
Vera’s best friend forever, Charlie Kahn, is now dead. And she knows that there’s more to his death than everyone else thinks. She saw him turn from her best friend, someone she loved, into someone she hardly knew, someone who hung out with Jenny Flick and the rest of the detentionheads. She knows all Charlie’s secrets. But she’s not quite ready to come clean with the secrets ...more
Mar 31, 2010
A
marked it as to-read
Oct 26, 2010
Alyson (Kid Lit Frenzy)
marked it as to-read
