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24 ratings, 3.83 average rating, 3 reviews
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November 2nd 2006
by Puffin
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Paperback, 144 pages
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014240697X
(isbn13: 9780142406977)
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Of all the revelations her afterlife brings, perhaps the most startling thing Cassie Devlin discovers is that being dead isn't being done. Murdered by...more
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Reviewed by Me for TeensReadToo.com
I had to lower the rating on this book, not because it wasn't a good story (it's a very beautiful, poignant one) or because of the style of the writing (the book is written in free verse). I did it because, after buying a hardcover book, it took me fifteen minutes to read it.
Cassie Devlin lived a pretty good life--a loving mother, friends at school, a wonderful boyfriend named Kyle, outstanding ability to write music and play the piano, and a group of ...more
I had to lower the rating on this book, not because it wasn't a good story (it's a very beautiful, poignant one) or because of the style of the writing (the book is written in free verse). I did it because, after buying a hardcover book, it took me fifteen minutes to read it.
Cassie Devlin lived a pretty good life--a loving mother, friends at school, a wonderful boyfriend named Kyle, outstanding ability to write music and play the piano, and a group of ...more
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Read in June, 2007
the woodcuts...at least, i think they're woodcuts...are beautiful. oh, let's just call them illustrations, i guess. the story is sad, but lovely at times. i'm kinda surprised by how much the characters were developed given the length of the book and the format of the book. with poetry you've got to pack a lot more meaning into less space.
this is a book that i picked because i thought the cover was beautiful, so i now have one more data point disproving the maxim...
this is a book that i picked because i thought the cover was beautiful, so i now have one more data point disproving the maxim...
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Read in July, 2006
I read it because it's a novel in verse. The premise of the story was good, but it either needed to be longer, more fleshed out, or it needed to be done in prose.
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