And most of all, to my sister, Laura, my fellow fairy and partner in all things magical: I am so grateful that I get to grow up with you and for all that you’ve taught me along the way. I love you more than the whole universe.

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Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers

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Copyright © 2014 by Ava Dellaira

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First hardcover edition, 2014

eBook edition, July 2014

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

Dellaira, Ava.

Love letters to the dead / Ava Dellaira. — First edition.

    pages cm

Summary: When Laurel starts writing letters to dead people for a school assignment, she begins to spill about her sister’s mysterious death, her mother’s departure from the family, her new friends, and her first love.

ISBN 978-0-374-34667-6 (hardback)

ISBN 978-0-374-34668-3 (e-book)

[1.  Sisters—Fiction.   2.  Death—Fiction.   3.  Grief—Fiction.   4.  Letters—Fiction.]   I.  Title.

PZ7.D3847Lo 2014

[Fic]—dc23

2013029594

eISBN 9780374346683