A powerful look at the effects of one girl's suicide on her high school"I can feelThe whispering of the hallway wallsGrowing louder as the groups gather.Each clique adding to its morning input."Did you hear?""Who told you?""Do you think it's really true?"New at this school, I stand alone.Watching . . ."Brutally honest and authentic in tone, this young adult novel in verse centers on the suicide of high school freshman Anna Gonzales. Each piece, read alone, portrays a classmate's or teacher's personal reaction to the loss, taken hard by some, by others barely noticed. Read together, the poems create a richly textured and moving testimony to the rippling effects of one girl's devastating choice. Terri Fields has written a thought-provoking, important work that resonates with both pain and hope. This is a book of poetry that will stay with readers long after they put it down.“[F]or Mel Glenn fans, or as a resource for dealing with teen suicide, this will be useful in most YA library collections.” —Kirkus Reviews
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Terri Fields is the author of many books for children, including Holdup and After the Death of Anna Gonzales, as well as several middle-grade novels. She is also an educator, and was named—among other honors—Arizona's Teacher of the Year and selected to the All-USA Teacher Team. She lives in Phoenix, Arizona.
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