This tongue-in-cheek laugh-fest of a book will also keep you in suspense as you read to find out just what great secret our protagonist, Vera Dietz, knows about the death of her once-best friend and next-door neighbor, Charlie. Vera is a combination of such Hollywood characters as
Juno's older-than-her years cynicism and
Easy A's Olive and her secretive plotting ways. While dealing with such issues as dying too young, domestic violence, sexual abuse, and abandonment, this YA novel offers a hopeful message of forgiveness, letting go, and moving on. With the support of her parsimonious and constantly self-improving dad, Vera finally comes to terms with herself, Charlie, and life as a roller-coaster land of adventure.
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