This Is Not a Love Letter
  • Published:
    Feb-2018 (Hardcover)
    Dec-2018 (Paperback)
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  • Main Genre:
    General Fiction
  • Pages:
    384
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One week. That's all Jessie said. A one-week break to get some perspective before graduation, before she and her boyfriend, Chris, would have to make all the big, scary decisions about their future--decisions they had been fighting about for weeks.

Then, Chris vanishes. The police think he's run away, but Jessie doesn't believe it. Chris is popular and good-looking, about to head off to college on a full-ride baseball scholarship. And he disappeared while going for a run along the river--the same place where some boys from the rival high school beat him up just three weeks ago. Chris is one of the only black kids in a depressed paper mill town, and Jessie is terrified of what might have happened.

As the police are spurred to reluctant action, Jessie speaks up about the harassment Chris kept quiet about and the danger he could be in. But there are people in Jessie's town who don't like the story she tells, who are infuriated by the idea that a boy like Chris would be a target of violence. They smear Chris's character and Jessie begins receiving frightening threats.

Every Friday since they started dating, Chris has written Jessie a love letter. Now Jessie is writing Chris a letter of her own to tell him everything that's happening while he's gone. As Jessie searches for answers, she must face her fears, her guilt, and a past more complicated than she would like to admit.
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    • Dec-2018
    • Disney Press
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 1484799879
    • ISBN13: 9781484799871
    • First Edition
    • Feb-2018
    • Disney Press
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 1484798341
    • ISBN13: 9781484798348
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    • Jan-2018
    • Disney Hyperion
    • eBook (Kindle)
    •  
    • Feb-2018
    • Disney Press
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1368002358
    • ISBN13: 9781368002356



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