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Just a normal Tuesday

It was a normal Tuesday until Kai discovered a letter, tucked into a pile of their family's mail, from her older sister, Jen. "If you are reading this, I am already gone." Jen has committed suicide. Dealing with Jen's funeral and with their devastated parents, Kai is also searching for answers. Soon...

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Main Author: Turrisi, Kim (Author)
Other Authors: Egan, Kate (Editor)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Toronto, ON : KCP Loft, [2017]
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Death > Young adult fiction.
Grief > Young adult fiction.
Suicide > Young adult fiction.
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Summary:It was a normal Tuesday until Kai discovered a letter, tucked into a pile of their family's mail, from her older sister, Jen. "If you are reading this, I am already gone." Jen has committed suicide. Dealing with Jen's funeral and with their devastated parents, Kai is also searching for answers. Soon she's caught in a vicious downward spiral, self-medicating and lashing out at the people she loves. When her parents send Kai to the Treehouse, a summer camp for grieving teens, she's not a happy camper. Then she begins to share her feelings, find a way forward, even laugh... and fall in love.
Item Description:"Edited by Kate Egan"--Title page verso.
Physical Description:252 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN:9781771387934 (hardback)
1771387939 (hardback)
Author Notes:After graduating from Florida State University, Kim Turrisi began her career in film and television. After a year of on-set production, Kim segued into the development side of the business. She first worked as a development executive at Columbia TriStar and eventually shepherded many projects in family entertainment for Disney, Viacom and Hallmark.Kim created and wrote an online web series for which she won a Daytime Emmy. She wrote for ABC Family's webisode series Pretty Dirty Secrets, an internet companion piece to smash hit Pretty Little Liars.Born in Hawaii, Kim credits her love of travel to her life as an Air Force brat who moved every two years. When she isn't writing or reading, she can be found obsessing over her dogs, Riley and Rocco.

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