![]() ![]() Laurel at times sounds very young, but her innocence is believable once she finally tells the entire story. The letters began as a school assignment, but Laurel uses the assignment as a sort-of diary/confessional/exploration of her own misplaced guilt over what happened to May. Through her letters to famous people who died young, Laurel eventually starts to deal with what really happened to May and how, while she loves May and misses her terribly, she is also angry with May. Fourteen(?)-year old Laurel and her parents are still very much grieving the death of Laurel’s older sister May. Teens who love books like The Fault in Our Stars and 13 Reasons Why will eat this one up. ![]() ![]() This book requires two reviews from me: one for teen readers, and one for myself. To work through her grief and the circumstances surrounding May’s death, Laurel writes letters to Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Amy Winehouse, Heath Ledger, and many others. In the months following her older sister May’s death, Laurel writes personal letters to famous people who died young. ![]()
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