By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead (Paperback)
| Author: Julie Anne Peters |
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Publish Date: 5/17/2011
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(in Inches) 8H x 5.25L x 0.5T
Pages:
200
Age Range:
18 to 21
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| Daelyn Rice is broken beyond repair, and after a string of botched suicide attempts, she's determined to get her death right. She starts visiting a website for "completers"- www.through-the-light .com. ||While she's on the site, Daelyn blogs about her life, uncovering a history of bullying that goes back to kindergarten. When she's not on the Web, Daelyn's at her private school, where she's known as the freak who doesn't talk.||Then, a boy named Santana begins to sit with her after school while she's waiting to for her parents to pick her up. Even though she's made it clear that she wants to be left alone, Santana won't give up. And it's too late for Daelyn to be letting people into her life.isn't it?||National Book Award finalist Julie Anne Peters shines a light on how bullying can push young people to the very edge. FANTASTIC REVIEWS: "This book and its open-ended conclusion will challenge teens to think about the impact of bullying..." --Publishers Weekly | |
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A lifetime of bullying, incredible self-loathing, and loneliness has brought Daelyn Rice to a place where she feels that suicide is the only solution. Blogging on a site for determined "completers," Daelyn shares her troubled history. Left voiceless due a particularly nasty suicide attempt, she's an outcast at school, and when a boy named Santana tries to befriend her, she can't understand why. This intense young adult novel is powerfully written and compelling.
A lifetime of bullying, incredible self-loathing, and loneliness has brought Daelyn Rice to a place where she feels that suicide is the only solution. Blogging on a site for determined "completers," Daelyn shares her troubled history. Left voiceless due a particularly nasty suicide attempt, she's an outcast at school, and when a boy named Santana tries to befriend her, she can't understand why. This intense young adult novel is powerfully written and compelling.

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