Many viewpoints on one loss
Nine stories follow people with different connections to a teenage boy who has died, including his sister, friends and people who did not know him.Exploratory / explanatoryExploratory / explanatory: the book explains or explores the subject without an established evaluative position.Exploratory / explanatory: the book explains or explores the subject without an established evaluative position.How the book presents it: The linked-story structure presents the effects of the death through several lives rather than a single account.
Talk about: How do the different characters’ perspectives change what your reader notices about loss?