Laure, Estelle But
Then I Came Back, 310 pgs. Houghton
Mifflin Harcourt, 2017. $17.99 Content: Language: R (54 swears; 6 “F”);
Mature Content: PG-13; Violence: G.
Eden
fell into a river and almost died. She
spends a month in a coma and when she wakes up she has a hard time getting a
grasp on reality because the things she saw while asleep seem so real. When she meets a boy named Joe, who is
visiting his best friend, Jaz, in the hospital room next door Eden starts to
think that maybe the things she saw while in her coma were real.
This is a creative and poetic book. I loved the writing style and the author made
me love the character. The theme of life
after death or the “in between” was philosophical and well done. The mature content is make out sessions and
except for the language this would be essential for middle school as well.
MS – OPTIONAL. HS – ESSENTIAL. Reviewer, C. Peterson.