Thursday, September 18, 2008

Dead Girls Don't Write Letters Review

Dead Girls Don’t Write Letters is a creative, edge-of-your-seat book. Things all of a sudden get strange when Sunny Reynolds gets a letter from her sister, Jazz, who the family thought died in a fire months earlier. The letter states that Jazz was actually in New York when her apartment burned down. After Jazz returns back into the Reynolds family, Sunny begins to wonder if this is the real Jazz. She knows all of the family history, but still seems out of place. After Sunny tells her Dad her opinion about Jazz, he begins to believe that it’s not the real Jazz either. Both Sunny and her father find more information to support their theory and question Jazz about her real identity.
Gail Giles in Dead Girls Don’t Write Letters will keep you guessing the ending of the book, and when you think you’ve guessed it, the unexpected happens. Gail Giles mostly writes the events in dialogue, helping children understand the book like they would in a conversation. She also helps children understand the results of alcoholism and dysfunctional families. I would make this book a must-read for all teenagers. I would give this book ☻☻☻☻☺ .