Description
Brutally honest and authentic in tone, this collection of voices centers on the suicide of high school freshman Anna Gonzales.Each piece, read alone, portrays a classmates or teachers personal reaction to the loss, taken hard by some, by others barely noticed. Read together, the poems create a richly textured and moving testimony to the rippling effects of one girls devastating choice.
Terri Fields has written a thought-provoking, important work that resonates with both pain and hope. This is a book that will stay with readers long after they put it down.
Praise for After the Death of Anna Gonzales:
โReaders will gain some important insight into the serious issue of teen suicide through this treatment of the topic.โ โSchool Library Journal
โThe poems are natural and direct, and portray a high-school setting well, showing a diversity of experiences. . . . [F]or Mel Glenn fans, or as a resource for dealing with teen suicide, this will be useful in most YA library collections.โ โKirkus Reviews ISBN:9781250189455
