Because of Lissa — Carolyn Meyer

News of Lissa Mainzer’s suicide shocks everyone. Lissa’s friends Jenny, Kurt, Angie,and Lan are determined to keep others from feeling that desperate. They work to form a crisis hotline at their high school, taking the calls in shifts, trying to help other teens with their problems while the hotliners themselves must deal with the challenges in their own lives. But when a call comes from Monica, they face a crisis. They couldn’t save Lissa,but what about Monica? And what about the hotline—can they save that as well?