Love Letters to the Dead by Ana Dellaira
At the beginning of her freshman year, Laurel's English teacher asks the class to write a letter to a dead person. Laurel decides to write to Kurt Cobain. She also writes to Amy Winehouse, Amelia Earhart, Judy Garland, River Phoenix, and others. Through these letters, we learn that Laurel's older sister recently died a tragic death, and Laurel is trying to find her place in the world. We learn about her friends, the boy she has a crush on, and what really happened to her sister.
Reading this was a bit like reading Perks of Being a Wallflower, except that I wasn't enthralled from page one. In fact, it took reading nearly half of the book before I got to a point where I didn't want to put it down. The premise was a good one, but it took some time to get there.
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