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Jul 31, 2018twhitehead24 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This was a great book that addressed many issues facing today's teens. Some of the main issues were family relationships, death of a sibling, teen relationships (who is right for someone and who is not), teen bullying, teens being stuck on themselves, etc. I really enjoyed reading the book (read in less than 24 hours) and getting to know the characters. I loved Rachel and Henry, their relationship as friends, how they support each other and told each other how it was to a point. I cannot believe how much Rachel held in emotionally and how she held herself together. Henry is a typical teenage boy thinking about girls and the future. I fell in love with the bookshop and the letter library. It would be amazing to be able to read letters that have been left in books. George held a front that finally cracked toward the end. What they did with the books from the letter library was just great. It would have been fun to find one of those books in a bookshop somewhere. A couple of my favorite quotes: "We are the books we read and the things we love" and “The past is with me; the present is here. The future is unmapped and changeable. Ours for the imagining: spreading out before us. Sunlight filled, deep blue, and the darkness.”