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A review by sarahannkateri
Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King
4.0
"If you think your best friend dying is a bitch, try your best friend dying after he screws you over..."
As children, Vera and Charlie were inseparable, and though they spent more time apart once high school began, they never lost their best friend bond - until a few months before Charlie died...Now that he's gone, Vera spends her days trying to stay invisible at school, working a pizza delivery job, and wrestling with whether or not she should speak up about what really happened on the night Charlie died.
What do you do when someone you loved betrays you and then dies? What if he was accused of something you knew he didn't do? Could you forgive him and clear his name, or do some betrayals run too deep? How can you put someone in the past when they are still haunting you?
This book asks all those questions and more. With powerful, relatable characters and a suspensful storyline, this exploration of growing up, growing apart, and choosing what is right over what is easy defintely deserves its Printz Honor.
Good for teens who want gripping realistic fiction.
As children, Vera and Charlie were inseparable, and though they spent more time apart once high school began, they never lost their best friend bond - until a few months before Charlie died...Now that he's gone, Vera spends her days trying to stay invisible at school, working a pizza delivery job, and wrestling with whether or not she should speak up about what really happened on the night Charlie died.
What do you do when someone you loved betrays you and then dies? What if he was accused of something you knew he didn't do? Could you forgive him and clear his name, or do some betrayals run too deep? How can you put someone in the past when they are still haunting you?
This book asks all those questions and more. With powerful, relatable characters and a suspensful storyline, this exploration of growing up, growing apart, and choosing what is right over what is easy defintely deserves its Printz Honor.
Good for teens who want gripping realistic fiction.