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Castle, Jennifer

The Beginning of After

426 pp. | HarperTeen | September, 2011 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-198579-9 $17.99
(3) YA Laurel's parents and brother are killed in a car accident that also kills her friend David's mother and critically injures his father (who was driving). As a result, Laurel and David's relationship takes on dramatic new dimensions. Laurel's grief is genuine and palpable as she struggles to cope with and accept her new reality in the aftermath of tragedy.
Reviewer: Norah Piehl

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