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Gr 9-Up Pagan is just 14 when her twin brother, Sam, and their Uncle Bob are killed by an avalanche. She and her father survive, but are physically, emotionally, and psychologically battered. Academically and musically gifted Pagan loses an eye, endures surgeries and physical therapy, but it's her depression, described with clinical precision, that is at the heart of the novel. Now 16 and in her senior year, she wants to stop feeling her loss, but is unwilling to let Sam go. Despite ongoing psychiatric care, she has made at least e...Log In or Sign Up to Read More