Title: Goodbye Days
Author: Jeff Zetner
Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 405
Date(s) Read: 7/31- 9/18/17
Synopsis (from GoodReads):
What if you could spend one last day with someone you lost?
One day Carver Briggs had it all—three best friends, a supportive family,
and a reputation as a talented writer at his high school, Nashville Academy
for the Arts.
The next day he lost it all when he sent a simple text to his friend Mars, right before
Mars, Eli, and Blake were killed in a car crash.
Rating: 5/5
* Jeff could write about anything and I would read it.
Jeff Zetner did it again, another enthralling book with a teen facing real life things,
that left me wanting more. Jeff is extremely good at taking serious, real life things
and turning them into a relatable story that leaves an impact on those who have read it.
Carver Briggs’ world is flipped upside down with a simple text to one of his best
friends Mars. Mars was driving back from a movie with Eli and Blake. Carver
never got a message back from Mars. The next thing he knew, all three of his best
friends were dead.
Carver is in misery of course, but his guilt outweighs it all. Eli’s twin sister tells
everyone she can that Carver murdered her brother and his friends. Alongside all
this, Carver and Jesmyn; Eli’s girlfriend become close, and Jesmyn is the only one
who stands by him at school. Carver’s parents have him start seeing a therapist as
he won’t talk to them. With the possibility of him being arrested for the deaths of
his friends; Carver starts experiencing frightening panic attacks.
Blake's grandmother asks Carver to spend a Goodbye Day with her to share
memories of Blake. Soon the other families are asking for him to do the same with them but he is unsure if they will help make peace with their losses or bring him closer to prison.
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