By Jessica Gregorio If you enjoyed: If I Stay by Gayle Forman Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky You Might Enjoy: Love Letters to the Dead by Ava Dellaira ![]() Laurel is starting high school and already she knows that its not as magical as her older sister, May, made it seem. When Laurel gets to her English class her first assignment is to write a letter to a dead person, so she chooses Kurt Cobain, May’s favorite singer. Even though she completes the letter, she doesn’t turn it in after she realizes that her English teacher was once May’s English teacher. So throughout the year Laurel fills out a notebook with letters to: Kurt Cobain, Judy Garland, Janis Joplin, Amy Winehouse, River Phoenix, and other famous people who are now dead. Through these letters Laurel talks about her feelings after May’s death, her new friends, her crush, and her family. Throughout the letters May is described as the happiest, kindest, funniest person that Laurel ever knew. As she struggles to talk about May’s death, she talks about the strange circumstances of May’s death. Laurel also talks about how her family is struggling while mourning May. To top off the stress in her life, her parents get divorced and her mother leaves to California. After the divorce, Laurel starts spending time at her aunt Amy’s house, while her father struggles to keep himself together. How is Laurel supposed to keep the family together when May was the one who united them all? The story deals with depression, suicide, same-sex relationships, rape, divorce, and the grief of mourning for the loss of a loved one. If you would like to purchase a copy from:
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