Dead Girls Don't Write Letters
by Gail Giles
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Author: Gail GilesEdition: Paperback
Published: 2004-08-24
ISBN: 0689866240
Number of pages: 128
Reading Level: Young Adult
Publisher: Simon Pulse
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Summary: 4 Stars
Gail Giles' DEAD GIRLS DON'T WRITE LETTERS has a great opening line: "Things had been getting a little better until I got a letter from my dead sister." It's like Frito Lays after that -- bet you can't read just one (sentence, that is). No, you have to find out HOW her sister died and, for that matter, how her sister found stationery in the Other World.
The protagonist, Sunny, has a beguiling, 1st-person voice. She's the classic second fiddle to a now-dead (now not) older sister named Jasmine ("Jazz") whom her parents loved more than her. How can you NOT cheer for Sunny? Especially when her mother's a sleeping-pilled mess, her father's a boozing wreck, and her dead sister ("Not Jazz," as Sunny calls her) won't stay in the grave.
So you're off to the races -- and the race is only 130-odd pages. Plot vaults you forward, with all manners of ups and downs. Then come the twists. And toward the end of the ride, more twists than a roller coaster has a right to have.
A fun book and a quick read, DEAD GIRLS has only one strike against it... the old believability thing. By the end, you might feel like your chain's been yanked one too many times. Thus, the loss of a star. But still, I'd read her (Giles) again. This was my first. Overall, if you're a fan of plot books, jump in. I think you'll enjoy the ride (and might even get back in line for another).
Summary of Dead Girls Don't Write Letters
Things had been getting a little better until I got a letter from my dead sister. That more or less ruined my day.When Sunny's older sister, Jazz, ran away to New York, Sunny was secretly relieved. Everyone loved Jazz, talked about Jazz, wished they were friends with Jazz. Jazz was perfect and Sunny was...well, not Jazz.
Then Jazz's apartment building burns to the ground and she is presumed dead. Sunny's family, already broken by divorce, unravels. Dad's drinking skyrockets, and Mom's depression hits an all-time nonfunctioning low. Sunny is left to cope.
Then they get a letter from Jazz saying she is coming home. But how? Jazz is dead, right?
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