Amelia Anne Is Dead and Gone

Overview

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 ...

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Amelia Anne Is Dead and Gone

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Overview

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.

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Editorial Reviews

Children's Literature - Lisa Colozza Cocca
Readers will feel as if something big is about to happen with practically every turn of the page in this murder mystery. Becca tells the story of the summer after her high school graduation. She is preparing to go away to college and to escape her small town life. Unfortunately, leaving Bridgeton also means leaving behind her boyfriend, James, a high school dropout who is still reeling from his mother's death. On the night of Becca's graduation, a young woman, a stranger, is murdered on one of the isolated roads at the outskirts of town. The young woman, whose identity is known to the readers but not to the characters in the book, is Amelia Anne. Amelia is a recent college graduate preparing to start a new life for herself, one that stands in contrast to what her boyfriend, Luke has planned for them. Short chapters interspersed between the pages of Becca's story tell the events leading up to Amelia's murder. The lush almost lyrical descriptions of the small town stand in contrast to the raw language of the characters. Another juxtaposition in the story is the image of the small town idyllic life in comparison to the reality of alcohol dulled relationships and the unspoken secrets in the town and in Becca's own home. Mystery and thriller readers will find this a compelling read. Reviewer: Lisa Colozza Cocca
School Library Journal
Gr 10 Up—The book opens the night after graduation when 18-year-old salutatorian Becca finds herself tangled up in the legs and arms of her boyfriend James, a high school dropout, in the back of a pickup truck. The story is set in a quiet New England town where everyone knows everyone else's business. College-bound Becca is in love with James, who fears losing another person in his life as he did his mother, so after their sexual encounter, he dumps her, knowing that she is going on to bigger things and leaving him behind. The next day, news breaks that a dead girl, Amelia Anne, was found murdered near where Becca and James rendezvoused. The news of this murder causes Becca to question her faith in her small town and the outside world. She is not sure how she became so naive over the years and begins seeing people and places she has known her whole life in a new light. The gripping story goes back and forth between Becca's and Amelia's perspectives. Only readers know how much the two girls have in common, and they will relate to their struggles with finding themselves and their relationships with boys. The murder mystery unfolds with a dark twist that may need to come a bit quicker to keep all readers interested, but mature teens who enjoy relatable characters will stay tuned.—Karen Alexander, Lake Fenton High School, Linden, MI
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780142426104
  • Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
  • Publication date: 7/11/2013
  • Pages: 288
  • Age range: 14 - 17 Years

Meet 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.

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