This book is a year in the life of Caitlin as she deals with the suicide of her best friend. It is from her 17 year old point of view and the reader becomes aware of others responses to the suicide as Caitlin does. She goes through a long journey as she deals with the death, the guilt, the abandonment, and the journal that Ingrid left behind for her. It is an okay book. It is annoying to me that they characters live in a million dollar subdivision. Of course, some people actually do. It's just more difficult to relate.
It is also a gateway readers award book for 2011-2012 so that means there has to be at least one other issue in the book. In this case, her new best friend is a lesbian so there are some details about sexuality and being gay. Some parents will object to this book, but the suicide is after the fact and Caitlin doesn't have suicidal thoughts herself so that is a plus. Not every teen will have a handy pile of lumber and the skill to build a tree house as therapy. I would have liked her to have seen a therapist, rather than reject that out of hand. Therapy can be very helpful and it would have been nice to see that portrayed.
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