My Never Ending List

Laurel’s trying to make a fresh start but she can’t push herself away from May’s departure. May was Laurel’s older sister.  When Mr. Buster assigns the class to write a letter to a dead person, Laurel’s one assignment starts to fill up a notebook.  She pours out her thoughts and speaks her mind to these dead individuals hoping that she might be able to figure out her own life.   Laurel is hiding, hiding from others and hiding from herself because she’s afraid if others really knew what type of a person she was, she would be alone.  Laurel doesn’t talk about what happened that might with May, it’s as if it never happened but you see……people know, they just don’t discuss it around Laurel.   Laurel has placed May on a pedestal, she was perfect, she was flawless, at least that is what Laurel thinks.  Laurel thought May had everything figured out, the world was hers for the taking but sometimes what people project and what they really are, aren’t the same things.  Laurel needs to find out the truth about herself and her sister to move forward and it takes an open mind to grasp everything.

  I found that I liked the ending of this book the best when Laurel was dealing with the truth of the matter.  When Tristan and Laure talked about the wolf- being a part of you – I loved that talk as it is so true.  When Laurel talked about the freedom from life and who actually is free, that was a good message to remember too.   I think an important message in this book is to talk. Had Laurel talked with her friends and family, things would have been different sooner. At least I think so.