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Highlights
- Julie Reece Deaver's classic novel of loss and gradual acceptance has touched the hearts of ordinary readers for more than twenty years.Morgan and Jimmy have been best friends forever, and know each other inside out.
- Virginia Readers Choice Award (High School) 1991 1st Winner
- 224 Pages
- Young Adult Fiction, Social Themes
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About the Book
In her wrenching first novel, Deaver combines a portrayal of a teenager's emotional trauma with a love story, written in the best modern tradition.Book Synopsis
Julie Reece Deaver's classic novel of loss and gradual acceptance has touched the hearts of ordinary readers for more than twenty years.
Morgan and Jimmy have been best friends forever, and know each other inside out. They do everything together--they even argue well. But after a terrible accident, Morgan suddenly has to face life alone. Without Jimmy around, though, it's like the best part of her has died. How could he do this to her?
This moving novel has been used in grief counseling teen in counseling centers around the country, and it remains as fresh and poignant as when it was first published.
From the Back Cover
There are friends we can't imagine living without.
Morgan and Jimmy were kids together, whirling around the porch on hot summer days. They've been friends forever, and by now they know each other inside out. They do everything together--from cutting high school to go into the city to coaching each other at dance auditions and acting workshops. They even argue well. A perfect friendship. Best friends. For life.
So how could life be so right and then be so wrong? After a terrible accident, Morgan suddenly has to face life alone. Without Jimmy around, though, it's like the best part of her has died. How could he do this to her? And why is love so hard?
Review Quotes
"A wrenching novel, with power and appeal." -- ALA Booklist (starred review)
"Memorable." -- School Library Journal (starred review)