Tuesday, October 18, 2016

One girl, three notes

What would someone do if they found out that their best friend had committed suicide?  In "Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls" by Lynn Weingarten,June only wanted to finish high school without any drama.  However, June's normal high school experience dissipates when she learns her best friend, Delia, is dead.  June is unable to restrain herself from experiencing disbelief, when nearly everyone seems certain that Delia committed suicide, an act June knows her friend would never commit.   

June is a junior is high school.  She does not come from the best home, but always tries to make the best of every situation. One day she wakes up and goes to school like she would any other day, but something terrible happens. She overhears two girls talking about Delia's suicide. June is shocked by grief and disbelief.  Once June finds out how Delia supposedly committed suicide, she is even more convinced that it just could not be true.  Delia was said to have burned herself in her stepdad's shed, but June knew that she was terrified of fire. This causes June to question what really happened.

When Delia's most recent boyfriend, Jeremiah, comes to June and tells her that he thinks Delia was murdered, June sets out to find her killer. When reflecting on their many years of friendship, June begins to remember important clues that help her string the pieces together. She discovers that the truth is much uglier than she could ever image, and it involves some of the people she thought she loved most.


Written by: Makayla M.