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School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2009
Gr 9-Up Forman creates a cast of captivating characters and pulls readers into a compelling story that will cause them to laugh, cry, and question the boundaries of family and love. While out on a drive with her family, 17-year-old Mia is suddenly separated from her body and forced to watch the aftermath of the accident that kills her parents and gravely injures her and her younger brother. Far from supernatural, this shift in perspective will be readily accepted by readers as...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on July 1, 2009
What begins as the gift of a rare snow day in Portland, Oregon, turns suddenly into nightmare. Seventeen-year-old Mia drives off with her family on the unexpected holiday. A sudden explosion of metal, and Mia is looking at her dead parents sprawled on the asphalt, her little brother nowhere to be found. An ambulance arrives to take Mia's body, bristling with tubes, to a trauma unit, and incorporeal Mia rides along. Distant kin to the dead narrators of The Lovely ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2009
A car accident leaves seventeen-year-old Mia in a coma, her parents and brother dead. She hovers between life and death, ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More