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Playlist for the Dead

A moving, poignant, compelling YA debut, as a 15-year-old boy struggles to understand his best friend`s suicide through the list of songs he leaves behind. Here`s what Sam knows: There was a party. There was a fight. The next morning, his best friend, Hayden, was dead. And all he left Sam was a playlist of songs, and a suicide note: For Sam – listen and you`ll understand. As he listens to song after song, Sam tries to face up to what happened the night Hayden killed himself. But it`s only by taking out his earbuds and opening his eyes to the people around him that he will finally be able to piece together his best friend`s story. And maybe have a chance to change his own. Part mystery, part love story, and part coming-of-age tale in the vein of Stephen Chbosky`s The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Playlist for the Dead is an honest and gut-wrenching first novel about loss, rage, what it feels like to outgrow a friendship that`s always defined you – and the struggle to redefine yourself.