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After reading and loving Jandy Nelson's latest, The World Tips Over, and having previously read and loved I'll Give You The Sun, I finally got to her debut novel, which a friend whose reading taste is similar to mine lists as a favorite. So I had very high expectations going into this one, which were definitely met. Lennie is reeling in the aftermath of the death of her sister, Bailey. Her family, including Gram who raised her, is also steeped in grief, though Lennie fails to notice. She does no
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Lennie Walker, seventeen year old band geek, recently lost her best friend and sister, Bailey,, and is overcoming grief alongside Grams and Tobey, Bailey's boyfriend. She struggles with feelings towards Tobey, the on,y person who knows what she is going through, and Joe, the new boy in town. This is a sweet story of love and loss and fans of Sarah Dessen and John Green's "The Fault In Our Stars" will love this book.
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Such a well written story. The words painted a wonderful picture in my mind and many emotions evoked in my heart. It made me want to cry and laugh all through the book. It made me miss young love and the beginnings of new relationships. It made me miss my Gram and wish she was still here to make the bad good again.
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