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Marlena by Julie Buntin
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is a story of two young girls who become fast friends during their high school years. Within a year one of them is dead. This isn't a mystery or a thriller. Instead it's a tribute to an intense relationship between two best friends.

The story is told from Cat's point of view during two different time periods - the year she knew Marlena and a day in the present. The back and forth showed how much one person or one event could shape the rest of one's life.

Each of the characters are flawed and in major ways. It would be easy to say they're each unlikable in their own way. However this book was written well, and provides readers with a very realistic, believable story.

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