This week's book pick is Possessing Jessie by Nancy Springer.
Jessie and her mom are completely devastated by Jason's death in a car accident. Jason was a year younger than Jessie, but he was always far more popular, as well as their mother's favorite child. Convinced that the accident was her fault, Jessie decides the only thing she can do is to pretend to be Jason - maybe then her mother will talk to her again. Jessie puts on Jason's clothes, adopts his mannerisms and ways of speaking, and soon her mother believes she is Jason. As the days go by Jessie becomes more and more like Jason. But surely she can go back to being Jessie someday - can't she?
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