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Stay with Me
Contributor(s): Freymann-Weyr, Garret (Author)

ISBN: 0618884041 ISBN-13: 9780618884049
Publisher: Clarion Books

OUR PRICE: $17.09

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2007
Annotation: Sixteen-year-old Leila Abranel loves her older half-sisters from her fathers first marriage, but does not know them well. When her sister Rebecca commits suicide, Leila wants to know why and begins navigating her familys breakdown.

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Family - Siblings
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Suicide
- Young Adult Fiction | Coming Of Age

Dewey: FIC

Age Level: 14-UP

Grade Level: 9-UP

Lexile Measure: 780(Not Available)

Guided Reading: Z (Grade 7/8)

Physical Information: 0.78" H x 5.02" W x 7.06" L (0.56 lbs) 320 pages

Themes:
- Topical - Family
- Topical - Death/Dying
- Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic
- Cultural Region - Northeast U.S.
- Geographic Orientation - New York
- Locality - New York, N.Y.

Features: Ikids, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian

Review Citations: PW Notes and Reprints 09/10/2007 pg. 64

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 105932
Reading Level: 5.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 9.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
Sixteen-year-old Leila Abranel was born some twenty years after her sisters. Her elegant sisters from her father's first marriage have lives full of work, love affairs, and travel. Leila doesn't know either of them very well, but she loves hearing about them--details of Rebecca's ruined marriage, Clare's first job, and the strings of unsuitable boyfriends.

When Rebecca kills herself, Leila wants to know why. She starts by spending time with Clare and finally comes to know her as a person instead of a story. With Clare's reluctant help, Leila tracks down Rebecca's favorite places and tries to find her sister's friends. Along the way, Leila meets Eamon. Eamon is thirty-one and writes for television. He thinks Leila is beautiful and smart, but he does not, he tells her, date teenagers. And yet, the months go by and Leila turns seventeen and learns that you can love someone you are not dating.

Maybe letting Eamon love her back is a mistake. Maybe she'll never know why Rebecca did what she did. Maybe, Leila, decides, most people have a hard time figuring out which way is left or knowing when to let go and when to stay.

Contributor Bio(s): Freymann-Weyr, Garret: -

Garret Freymann-Weyr is the author of My Heartbeat, a Printz Honor book, as well as Stay with Me, The Kings Are Already Here, and When I Was Older. She lives in North Carolina.

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