Twelve-year-old Edward is the only
survivor from a massive plane crash. Besides being a coming-of-age book, this
delicately explores the impact of people violating the Edward’s privacy and
very small comfort bubble by writing to him, and taking pictures of him and
posting them to Facebook, Twitter, and other social media.
If you’ve ever asked yourself “how
would you survive something that bad that happened to you” you’ll get some
intimate answers as you read about Edward trying to be comfortable in his own
body, find his way through a school day, and encounter people who feel like he
owes them answers about their loved ones he was the last person to see. He does
not feel lucky, despite the label of “the lucky one” thrust upon him. There are
two timelines: people boarding the ill-fated flight, and Edward’s recovery
moving forward.
[
official Dear
Edward page on the official Ann Napolitano web site ]
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