High School Fiction
F/A Rosenfield,
Kat. Amelia Ann is Dead and Gone. Dutton, 2012. 288p.
978-0-525-42389-8. 17.99.
Everyone knows everyone else in Rebecca’s small
hometown. So when an unknown young woman is found beaten to death on the side
of the road everyone is affected. It especially confuses Rebecca (Becca) who
had always dreamed of leaving her town and boyfriend behind to go away to
college, but now that she’s graduated she’s confused about what to do. She also
thinks that she might know what happened to the dead girl, but all of her
actions have consequences. The narration goes back and forth between Becca,
Amelia (the deceased) and a third person narrator a little too often to keep up
the flow of the novel, but the different narrators let the reader see the
similarities between Becca and Amelia. Rosenfield does a good job of keeping
the reader confused about what really transpired the night that Amelia Ann died
and who exactly killed her. Older teens or young adults with an interest in
mystery books will enjoy. Loren Spector, LAPL, Felipe de Neve
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