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149 pp.
| Farrar/Foster |
September, 2003 |
TradeISBN 0-374-38230-1$$16.00
(4)
YA
In the midst of her own adolescent rebellion, fourteen-year-old Rachel discovers a journal written by her older brother Jake, who died when she was seven. Although Rachel is rather cryptic herself and Jake's entries are not believably those of a teenage boy, the two together form a progressive narrative that leaves readers rooting for their climactic self-realizations.