The Sweet Dead Life
by Joy Preble
Age band: 13+
Looky Rating System: Violence 1/5, Love & Romance 2/5, Mental Health 3/5, Language 2/5, Substance Use 3/5, Fear / Horror 3/5, Fantasy / Supernatural 4/5, LGBTQ+ Representation 0/5.
Description
The angel book gets a Texas makeover from the author of the" Dreaming Anastasia" series. ""I found out two things today: One, I think I'm dying. And two, my brother is a perv."" So begins the diary of Jenna Samuels, who is having a very bad year. Her mother spends all day in bed. Dad vanished when she was nine. Her older brother, Casey, tries to hold together what s left of the family by working two after-school jobs difficult, as he s stoned all the time. To make matters worse, Jenna is sick.