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Please Ignore Vera Dietz

by A. S. King

Ages: 14+

Published: 2010

Publisher: Knopf

ISBN: 978-0-375-86586-2

Keywords: death

Vera, 17, is secretly in love with her best friend Charlie. When he betrays her and then dies under mysterious circumstances, will she reveal information that could clear his name?