Dear Edward

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Dear Edward (2020, Viking)

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Published Aug. 17, 2020 by Viking.

ISBN:
9780241384084

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Book Review: Dear Edward

4 stars

“I used to have this crazy idea…” He pauses. “And I guess I still do, that as long as I stay on the ground, the plane will stay in the sky. It’ll keep flying on its normal route to Los Angeles, and I’m its counterweight. They’re all alive up there, as long as I’m alive down here.”

– Ann Napolitano, “Dear Edward”

This is one of those books I found myself ripping through in just a few days. “Dear Edward” was gifted to me this past Christmas, and I was unsure if it would be my cup of tea. But I enjoyed this light, sweet, YA coming-of-age story in sad and surreal circumstances.

Twelve-year-old Edward Adler is the sole survivor of the 191 passengers aboard flight 2977 from Newark to Los Angeles. He was sitting together with his father and brother, contemplating their relocation to LA for Eddie's mother's new …