Amelia Anne Is Dead and Gone - Hardcover

Rosenfield, Kat

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525423893 ISBN 13: 9780525423898

Publisher: Dutton Childrens Books, 2012

Synopsis

An arresting un-coming-of-age story, from a breathtaking talent

Becca has always longed to break free from her small, backwater hometown. But the discovery of an unidentified dead girl on the side of a dirt road sends the town--and Becca--into a tailspin. Unable to make sense of the violence of the outside world creeping into her backyard, Becca finds herself retreating inward, paralyzed from moving forward for the first time in her life.

Short chapters detailing the last days of Amelia Anne Richardson's life are intercut with Becca's own summer as the parallel stories of two young women struggling with self-identity and relationships on the edge twist the reader closer and closer to the truth about Amelia's death.

About this title

Review:

"Layered and exquisitely written...Actions have real consequences in Rosenfield's novel, and her suffocating small town setting is powerfully and chillingly evoked."--Publishers Weekly, starred review

"A perceptive, contrapuntal character study with a light thriller flavor--utterly compelling." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"Layered and exquisitely written...Actions have real consequences in Rosenfield's novel, and her suffocating small town setting is powerfully and chillingly evoked." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review

About the Author:

Kat Rosenfield is a regular contributor to pop culture websites such as MTV.com's Hollywood Crush blog, and she is also Auntie SparkNotes on Sparklife.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dutton Childrens Books
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0525423893
• ISBN 13: 9780525423898
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 279