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School Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 2013 | Grades 9 and Up
Gr 8 Up—Sitting alone in her shed, "Zoe" writes letters to a Death Row inmate in Texas, confessing her belief that she's responsible for the death of a boy in her British town. Since he's a murderer, too, she believes he should understand her feelings of guilt and regret. Using a pseudonym and a fake address, Zoe tells her pen pal how she met and developed crushes on two brothers, Max and Aaron, and how things went terribly wrong. All but the last section of...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on November 1, 2013
Stricken with guilt and sorrow, British teen Zoe (so she calls herself for the sake of privacy) begins a one-sided correspondence with a prisoner on death row in Texas. She thinks her situation bears some resemblance to his: he murdered his wife; she feels responsible for the fates of two brothers—Max, the hot guy from high school with whom she’s been making out, and Aaron, his older brother, with whom sh...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2013
Guilt-ridden British teen Zoe feels responsible for the fates of two brothers--Max, the hot guy with whom she's been making...Log In or Sign Up to Read More