afterelaine

After Elaine, by Ann L. Dreyer ISBN: 0-8126-2651-6 c2002 129 pages

Good sections to read aloud: pp. 15-16 (halfway through the page where Gina knows something is wrong)

Summary: Gina’s older (and mean) sister, Elaine, is killed in the beginning of the book in a car accident. Even though Gina and most of her family had trouble getting along with Elaine, this loss is huge. No one knows how to act....no one knows what to say. Gina deals with her loss by behaving badly at school, something that would have been typical of Elaine, not Gina. Can this vicious cycle be stopped?

YA fiction--teen issues; sisters; death; school; family problems

©Jennifer Lang - WDMS - 2003