

but Please Ignore Vera Dietz is probably the best book I have ever read that involves death and the aftermath of it all the sorrow and guilt and "what ifs" told in such a beautiful way. These subjects are so overdone that the mere thought of tackling yet another piece of this melodramatic drivel makes my head ache. There are two young adult topics that always make me think "oh, not again", and they are: Though I am actually going to be daring enough to say to all you Marchetta-obsessed bookaholics that for me Please Ignore Vera Dietz could compete with the sad and beautiful emotional turmoil I felt for On the Jellicoe Road. I have been lucky enough to read a LOT of great books this year and up until now I had a clear I-shine-above-the-rest favourite: On the Jellicoe Road.
