Why I
chose this book:
I WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS BOOK. Before I begin, let me explain that I have a mighty love for my
homegirl Sylvia Plath. So when I saw that a YA novel based around her works was
coming out, I did a little dance. Plath has so much pain, passion, and life in her writing. With that being
said, I was very anxious to see how it would be connected to the realm of YA
lit.
Belzhar by Meg Wolitzer
Publisher: Dutton Juvenal
Publish Date: September 30th, 2014
Format: Hardback
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary/Realistic Fiction, Magical Realism
Synopsis:If life were fair, Jam Gallahue would still be at home in New Jersey with her sweet British boyfriend, Reeve Maxfield. She’d be watching old comedy sketches with him. She’d be kissing him in the library stacks.She certainly wouldn’t be at The Wooden Barn, a therapeutic boarding school in rural Vermont, living with a weird roommate, and signed up for an exclusive, mysterious class called Special Topics in English.But life isn’t fair, and Reeve Maxfield is dead.
Until a journal-writing assignment leads Jam to Belzhar, where the untainted past is restored, and Jam can feel Reeve’s arms around her once again. But there are hidden truths on Jam’s path to reclaim her loss. (Goodreads)