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Qualey, Marsha.
JUST LIKE THAT
New York : Dial Books, 2005
IL YA
ISBN 0803728409
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 Hanna just broke up with her boyfriend, Spencer.  It was her call, but she still feels unhappy.  While out for a late evening walk around the frozen lake near her Minneapolis home, a younger couple on an ATV comes speeding by.  Though she knows it’s dangerous (and illegal) to be out on the lake because sections of it aren’t completely frozen, she doesn’t make the effort to call out any kind of warning. The next day Hanna hears on the news that a boy and girl riding an ATV went through the ice on the lake and died.  She blames herself for not trying to warn them and is drawn to the spot where the accident happened.  Hanna is consumed with so much guilt that she can’t tell her mother or her friends about it.  She continues to visit the site of the tragedy. While there she meets Will, a boy who has his own reason for visiting the accident scene.  Will tracks Hanna down, and the two share their stories along a strong and immediate attraction.  This book is emotionally charged and has lots of dramatic revelations.    (Jean B. Bellavance for Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Awards, 2007-2008)
SUBJECTS:     Grief -- Fiction.
                        Accidents -- Fiction.
                        Friendship -- Fiction.
                        Family life -- Fiction.
                        Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.
                        Dating (Social customs) -- Fiction. 

 
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