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Synopsis
After a car accident leaves her brain-dead, Jessica tries to prevent her parents from donating her organs and tissues, but then follows the lives of four fellow teens who are able to survive because she did not. After a car accident leaves her brain dead, Jessica tries to prevent her parents from donating her organs and tissues but then follows the lives of four teens who are able to survive because she did not. The plot contains profanity.
Is Pieces of Me appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 13 and up.
A teen dies in a car accident and becomes a ghost observer following four recipients of her donated organs. Contains profanity and deals with death, medical situations, and organ donation in a thoughtful way.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, no sexual content, and moderate language. Content notes include death, grief, and car accident (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Teens will connect with this emotional story about how one person's sacrifice can change multiple lives and what it means to leave a legacy.