Famous Last Words

Famous Last Words
ISBN-10
0805093672
ISBN-13
9780805093674
Series
Famous Last Words
Category
Juvenile Fiction
Pages
279
Language
English
Published
2013-07-02
Publisher
Macmillan
Author
Jennifer Salvato Doktorski

Description

During a summer internship as an obituary writer for her local northern New Jersey newspaper, 16-year-old Samantha D'Angelo makes some momentous realizations about politics, ethics, her family, romance and most importantly—herself.

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