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Famous Last Words

by Jennifer Salvato Doktorski

Ages: 14+

Published: 2013

Publisher: Christy Ottaviano Books/Henry Holt/Macmillan

ISBN: 978-0-8050-9367-4

Keywords: Journalism, Romantic relationships

When sixteen-year-old Sam, an aspiring journalist, begins her internship at a local newspaper, she never expects that she'll be writing obituaries--or that several other surprises are in store.