by David Levithan, photographs by Jonathan Farmer
Random House, September 13, 2011
Evan is haunted by his best friend Ariel. Ariel is gone. Her boyfriend has moved on, but Evan cannot- especially when someone begins planting photos of her. But who could have taken these photos? Is Ariel haunting Evan? Evan knew she was sick. He knew, that day in the clearing, that getting help was the right thing to do, yet he can't forgive himself for not stopping her. And he will not move on, especially when there's someone who knows things about Ariel that he doesn't.
Farmer's photos are included in the book, the reader coming across them as Evan does. They're arresting images that pull the characters into the real world, giving them more emotional power and heightening the mystery. Yet again, Levithan has created flawed yet beautiful characters who reach out from the pages and pull you in.
This explains how you buy books for the store but I thought you were going to share how you choose to buy books personally instead of taking them from the library. I found I've even bought books after I've taking them from the library because I've needed to pass them around to shoare with friends. How do you decide what to keep and what to pass on in a permanent way?
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