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Dear Edward

Ann Napolitano

Start date: January 1, 2021

Finish date: January 31, 2021

Discussion: 2021 Monthly Group Reads

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Feb 22, 2020 Amy rated it liked it

Imagine you're a 12-year-old boy and the only survivor of an airplane crash? How do you cope, move on and reconcile your former life with the future? Ann Napolitano chronicles Eddie's story as he transforms from devastated survivor into a young man helping others.

I had difficulty immersing myself into the story but the second half was poignant, thought-provoking and proclaimed a sense of resiliency. Dear Edward delivers a heart-felt read. ...more

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Mar 27, 2022 Larissa rated it liked it

Dear Edward is about a boy who is the only survivor of a plane crash. The story is his journey of grief and recovery and growing up…It starts out with him as a 12 y.o. but having a 12 year old boy I feel like she didn’t portray a 12 year old as 12. Couldn’t help to want to know all the characters and felt the author could have gone deeper with the characters. Overall a well written book and the fact she based it on some of the real story of what happened to Air France Flight 447 and the Libyan f ...more

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Mar 24, 2020 Amy Ellis rated it liked it

This was a sweet coming-of-age story of the lone survivor of a plane crash. I wish less time was spent on the narratives of the plane’s other passengers. There was a lot of telling and not showing, so it wasn’t as emotionally impactful to me as it could have been.

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