Vada Sultenfuss can't stop thinking about death. Her mother is dead, and her father owns a funeral home. She is also in love with her English teacher and takes a poetry class over the summer just to impress him. Thomas J. is her best friend, and even though he is "allergic to everything," he sticks with Vada. When Vada's father hires Shelly and starts to like her, things go downhill...
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Vada Sultenfuss can't stop thinking about death. Her mother is dead, and her father owns a funeral home. She is also in love with her English teacher and takes a poetry class over the summer just to impress him. Thomas J. is her best friend, and even though he is "allergic to everything," he sticks with Vada. When Vada's father hires Shelly and starts to like her, things go downhill...
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