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Please join us for an ALAN Online BookChat to dis­cuss DEAD GIRLS DON’T WRITE LETTERS with the author, Gail Giles.

Date: Wednes­day, 5/23/07

Time: 9:00 PM East­ern

URL: http://alan-ya.org/bookchat/flashchat.php

Here’s more about DEAD GIRLS DON’T WRITE LETTERS:

When Sunny Reynolds’s beau­ti­ful and flam­boy­ant older sis­ter, Jazz, dies in a fire, the fam­ily falls apart. But Sunny has it all under con­trol now, tak­ing care of her par­ents and her­self. Then one day a let­ter arrives, a let­ter from Jazz. A girl fol­lows. She looks like Jazz, moves like Jazz, every­one wants to believe she’s Jazz. But she can’t pos­si­bly be Jazz—or can she? She seems to know all about Sunny’s fam­ily, all the jokes and secrets, but Not-Jazz clearly has a few secrets of her own. What is she hid­ing? And why?
Dra­matic and sus­pense­ful, this book will keep you guess­ing. And just when you think you know what’s real and what’s not, Gail Giles unfurls another sur­prise.

Gail Giles says, “Some­times books come from strange places. I don’t know why or how, but the phrase ‘Let­ters from a Dead Girl’ stuck in my head. Who would receive a let­ter from a dead girl? Why? Why wouldn’t she want it? I had to find the answer for Sunny—even if she didn’t really want to find it herself.”

Gail Giles, a native Texan, now lives in Anchor­age, Alaska.
Praise for Shat­ter­ing Glass by Gail Giles

*“A grimly comic debut novel revis­its the dark hell of high-school cliques … a sure-fire hit, from a writer to watch.“
—Kirkus Reviews, starred review

*“Tricky, sur­pris­ing, and dis­qui­et­ing, this tension-filled story is a psy­cho­log­i­cal thriller.“
—Book­list, Ten Best Mys­ter­ies for Youth, starred review

“The plot is fast-paced and com­pelling and there is power in the brew­ing vio­lence and shock­ing end.“
—School Library Journal

“The thriller plot and break­neck pac­ing will keep read­ers hooked—and on the look­out for this author’s next book.“
—Pub­lish­ers Weekly