Dead Girls Don't Write Letters

DEAD GIRLS DON'T WRITE LETTERS by Gail Giles
Category: Mystery/Thriller
Age Recommendation: Grades 9+
Release Date: 8/24/04
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Reviewed by: Jennifer Wardrip, aka "The Genius"
Rating: 4 Stars

What do you do when your older sister, believed to have been killed in an apartment fire months before, suddenly sends
you a letter claiming to be alive and well? If you're Sunny Reynolds, a girl who has always lived in the shadow of her older,
much-beloved sister, you wait a day before you tell your parents that their most loved daughter is coming home.

Jazz Reynolds was the "it" girl--popular, outgoing, loved and praised and admired by everyone. When she up and left after
her high school graduation to take on New York, leaving behind only a letter explaining her actions, her parents were
devastated. But when they got word that dear Jazz had died in an apartment fire, devastated gave way to destroyed.
Sunny's mother is incapable of taking care of herself, her father has turned into a raging drunk, and there's no one to take
care of Sunny but herself.

But even though the prodigal daughter has returned, there's something wrong. Even though the girl claiming to be Jazz looks
a lot like her, Sunny is convinced that this girl isn't Jazz. She's too nice, too sweet, too un-Jazz to be Jazz. Her father seems
to agree, and together they set out to figure out what's going on.

I admit this book has a pretty interesting mystery, but it wasn't my favorite book by Gail Giles. Overall though, it's a pretty
quick, entertaining read.