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Let Me Tell You How I Died

Sinclair Smith (1994)

SubgenreParanormal Fantasy
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age13
Goodreads3.65

Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Heroine archetypes

Fish out of Water

Protagonist archetypes

Ghost / Undead Protagonist

Synopsis

Delia can't stop herself from reading the diary that mysteriously appears in her locker one day. Then, little by little, she becomes more and more like the girl whose words she reads, seeing the world as if through her eyes...A dead girl's eyes!

Is Let Me Tell You How I Died appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 13 and up.

This supernatural thriller features a teen gradually losing her identity as she becomes possessed by a dead girl's diary. Contains psychological horror elements and themes of death and possession that may be intense for sensitive readers.

What to know going in

This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include death, possession, and mental manipulation.

Who'll love this

Teens who love creepy supernatural mysteries where reading a mysterious diary transforms the protagonist will find this suspenseful and eerie.

Tags

Supernatural ThrillerParanormalPsychological Horror