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Would You by Marthe Jocelyn

Would You

by Marthe Jocelyn

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  • Jul 2008, 176 pages
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Would you rather know what's going to happen or not know?

A summer night. A Saturday. For Natalie's amazing older sister, Claire, this summer is fantastic, because she’s zooming off to college in the fall. For Natalie, it's a fun summer with her friends; nothing special. When Claire is hit by a car, the world changes in a heartbeat. Over the next four days, moment by moment, Natalie, her parents, and their friends wait to learn if Claire will ever recover.

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"Starred Review. The humanity in the author's treatment affords the reader a sense both of grief and of peace." - Publishers Weekly.

"A realistic and very credible account of how one family's life is inexplicably and unexpectedly shattered." - Kirkus Reviews.

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