Please Ignore Vera Dietz
Books | Young Adult Fiction / Social Themes / Death, Grief, Bereavement
3.8
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A.S. King
Vera’s spent her whole life secretly in love with her best friend, Charlie Kahn. And over the years she’s kept a lot of his secrets. Even after he betrayed her. Even after he ruined everything. So when Charlie dies in dark circumstances, Vera knows a lot more than anyone—the kids at school, his family, even the police. But will she emerge to clear his name? Does she even want to? Edgy and gripping, Please Ignore Vera Dietz is an unforgettable novel: smart, funny, dramatic, and always surprising.
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Author
A.S. King
Pages
336
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Published Date
2010-10-12
ISBN
0375896171 9780375896170
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"It was a good book. Much sadder than I thought, but I thought it was important. "
Skye Edelson-Bennett
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trinity
"i cried"
parker
"If you are a fan of edgy YA - like The Perks of Being a Wallflower - then this is the book for you. King writes very realistically and is not afraid to show life like it really is."
Ricki Marking-Camuto
"this book was so sad and i hate charlie, vera deserved better"
seaweed
"I loved everything about this book. The flash backs were great, Charlie and Vera were hilarious and the sarcasm is 👌"
Evie Wills
"Vera is torn between the ultimate struggle of whether or not she should tell the police what really happened to her best friend when he died in poor circumstances. She struggles with alcoholism like herself help father and lives in the shadow of her stripper mother. She just wants things to be like they were before the death. And then there is the after the death. Before the death, she was in love with her best friend, or so she thought before he changed dramatically as they grew older. Charlie lived a tough home life, and it got to him. For Vera, it was only the bottle that got to her. This is a book of changing perspectives and time, that presents its self as edgy and captivating. Being forced to read this book for a class, I shocking ling fell in love with this book immediately. I loved the humor and the mystery and the drama and just how well written it was. While I find that it is inappropriate for the classroom, I think that high school students will love this book and it should be highly recommended."
Brittani Roe