Waiting On: Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone

Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone by Kat Rosenfield
to be published: July 5, 2012

On the night of Becca’s high school graduation, the discovery of an unidentified dead girl left to bleed out on the side of a dirt road sends the town—and Becca—into a tailspin. Becca has always longed to break free from her small home town, but as the violence of the outside world creeps into her backyard, she withdraws and retreats inward, paralyzed for the first time in her life.

Short chapters detailing the last days of Amelia Anne Richardson’s life are intercut with Becca’s own coming-of-age summer, unfolding into the parallel stories of two young women struggling with self-identity and tense romantic relationships as the summer’s tumultuous events twist Becca closer and closer to the truth about Amelia’s murder. {goodreads.com}

I received an ARC of this book at ALA midwinter after the publisher told me a bit about the book.  Lots of good things were being said about it.  I love young adult books that are set during the summer after graduation because the tone is so promising.  That's a crucial time for any teenager, but with the plot of a murder thrown in - definitely shakes things up a bit!  I'm looking forward to this novel, for sure.

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.