Part of The Baby-Sitters Club, book 93
First published 1996
Mary Anne returns to Stoneybrook Middle School after winter break feeling excited about her English assignment and the semester ahead. She teams up with Amelia Freeman for their project, but tragedy strikes when Amelia dies unexpectedly. The shocking news devastates the entire school community. While her classmates gradually begin to heal and move forward, Mary Anne finds herself sinking deeper into sorrow. She cannot shake her grief or stop thinking about her lost friend. Mary Anne desperately wants to find a way to honor Amelia's memory and do something meaningful in her name. The weight of loss presses down on her as she searches for a path through her pain and discovers how to transform her grief into something that celebrates the life of someone taken too soon.
Genres: family-life, grief, coming-of-age, contemporary
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, grief
Setting: Stoneybrook Middle School
Period: winter break
148 pages · Paperback · Apple
Content warnings: death