Dead Girls Don't Write Letters

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Summary: Dead Girls Don't Write Letters by Gail Giles
Review: Dead Girls Don't Write Letters by Gails Giles is a great book that many who like mystery and suspense will enjoy this book. When you start to read you cannot put it down. Sunny's life changed when she got a letter in the mail from her dead sister Jazz. As Sunny says Not-Jazz knows too much about Jazz and start to investigate. When you think you know what happens the book just pulls another stunt on you. Dead Girls Don't Write Letters is a great book to read in one sitting and enjoy.

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Summary: Dead Girls Don't Write Letters by Gail Giles
Review: Dead Girls Don't Write Letters by Gails Giles is a great book that many who like mystry and suppence will enjoy this book. When you start to read you cannot put it down. Sunnys' life changed when she got a letter in the mail from her dead sister Jazz. As Sunny says Not-Jazz knows too much about Jazz and start to investigate. When you think you know what happens the book just pulls another stunt on you. Dead Girls Don't Write Letters is a great book to read in one sitting and enjoy.

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Summary: Great Book
Review: Dead Girls Don't Write Letters is a fantastic book with many twists and turns. I couldn't put it down. Anybody and everybody should read this book. In my mind this is one of the best books of all time. The ending left me thinking for days. Who really was the not-Jazz? Who did die in the fire? A great book that would be good for book discussions.

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Summary: If you love mysteries, then heres a great book for you!
Review: Dead Girls Don't Write Letters is about a teenager named Jazz, which goes missing. Sunny, her sister, is glad that Jazz isn't around anymore. Lets just put it this way; Jazz wasn't too nice to Sunny. Plus, when Jazz was around they acted as if Sunny didn't even exist pretty much. Their mother at this time is in a depression thinking that Jazz has died in a fire that happened in New York City. Out of no where, Sunny gets this letter that was written with yellow stationary paper, and Jazzes handwriting. She didn't want to open it right away, because she figured it could wait. Finally, when she opens it, it says that she's going to be coming home in a week or so. Sure enough, a week later Jazz shows up. The thing is, this girl doesn't act, or even look like Jazz. Sunny thinks that she looks too pretty to be Jazz. Their father doesn't think that it's Jazz either. Both of them don't want to tell her mother yet, because with Jazz coming home and all is calming her down a bit and they don't want to ruin it. What do Jazz and her father do? What do Jazz and her father do? Also, is it really Jazz?

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Summary: Unbelievable!
Review: From the title you could tell someone has died. Jasmine the older child in a family of two has been assumed dead. The apartment she was living in burnt to a crisp and know one has heard from her. Sunny her sister is the narrator of this book and right away you the reader knows that Jasmine was the apple of her family eye. A father who is an alcoholic and a mother who is manic leaves Sunny to take care of herself. One day while returning home from school she goes into the mailbox and low and behold there is a letter from her dead sister, but is it really from her? This book had me wanting more from page to page. I did not want to put it down. The conclusion of this book left a lot to be desired. I felt the author robbed her audience of a proper conclusion good read though.

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Summary: Compelling and Thought-Provoking
Review: Gail Giles has another winner in this powerful study of human character, family relationships, and reality vs. illusion. With characteristic wit and style, Giles draws readers deep into the heart of a dysfunctional family and leaves them wondering how far a person will go, consciously or not, in order to cope with wounds that won't heal. Good luck trying to put this one down - you can't help but finish it in one sitting. The ending is chilling and thought-provoking.

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Summary: Very Good Book!!
Review: Gail Giles writes the best mystery books like no one else alive! The book that I just got done reading left me wanting to read more of her books. Another really good book is Shattering Glass (2002). It was so good and it left me at the end of each chapter wondering what was going to happen next.
Sunny has an older sister Jazz that has been dead for almost a year now. Well that's what they thought. One day Sunny got a letter in the mail from her dead sister Jazz. Jazz died in her apartment building one year ago when it burned down and from the letter it says that Jazz was "away" because she got a job in a repertory company in Vermont. The only reason Sunny really did read the letter was that it was Jazz or Not-Jazz's, what Sunny calls her, handwriting on the envelope. But when Sunny and her mom and dad finally see her when she comes home, they notice that it isn't Jazz at all! This girl that says she is Jazz has different hair, a different voice, and she was actually being nice to Sunny for once. Sunny was really getting annoyed that someone was playing around with her family and trying to be someone she wasn't! So Sunny did some research and found out a bunch of information on what was happening. This book is a suspense and a really good mystery! I really think this is a book for all ages and all types of audiences. I had to reread the ending a couple of times...but in the end it left me thinking, speechless, and wanting more!

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Summary: Another hit
Review: Here's a novel full of mystery and suspense, a fine follow-up to Shattering Glass. This slim book keeps the reader guessing. Where did the letter come from? Who is the mysterious visitor? Who did die in the fire? The ending is breathtaking.

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Summary: Great Book!
Review: I really enjoyed all the mystery involved in this book. Great twists and turns and not predictable. The ending was awesome. I read it twice to make sure what really happened, happened. Terrific!!!

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Summary: a confusing disappointment
Review: I was very impressed with Shattering Glass and had looked forward to DGDWL, but after having read the ending three times, I just don't understand what happened. The end was more confusing than subtly suggestive/mysterious. The mystery's "solution" seemed tacked on and implausible - even within the realm of the fantastic. And...unless I missed something...who *is* Karen?

Maybe Giles will do better next time....