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Remembering Raquel
Remembering Raquel
Remembering Raquel
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Remembering Raquel

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Fifteen-year-old Raquel Falcone is, as one of her classmates puts it, the kind of kid who has a tendency to be invisible. That is until the night she's hit by a car and killed while walking home from the movies.
    
In brief, moving chapters, we hear about Raquel from her classmates, her best friend, her family--and the woman who was driving the car that struck her.
     
The loss of this seemingly invisible girl deeply affects her entire community, proving just how interconnected and similar we all really are.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherHarperCollins
Release dateNov 1, 2007
ISBN9780547351803
Remembering Raquel
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Vivian Vande Velde

Vivian Vande Velde has written many books for teen and middle grade readers, including Heir Apparent, User Unfriendly, All Hallow's Eve: 13 Stories, Three Good Deeds, Now You See It ..., and the Edgar Award–winning Never Trust a Dead Man. She lives in Rochester, New York. Visit her website at www.vivianvandevelde.com.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This book is a quick read, but extremely thought-provoking. I didn't expect it to be as interesting as it was. I think this book might be a good book for middle school girls to read.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Short, but terrific.I love Vivian Vande Velde's writing.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Wonderful book about a girl who died and hoew she is remembered.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This was an original premise, and cleverly done. The only similar story I can think of is After the Death of Anna Gonzales by Terri Fields. In spite of the topic I did not find Remembering Raquel depressing or melodramatic. A wide variety of characters had their say, and I found all the reactions realistic and compelling. A good, solid, beef and barley sort of book.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    "Certain kids have a tendency to be invisible." Raquel is that kind of kid, the kind of girl who no one notices. Despite being overweight, Raquel is not the kind of girl who anyone notices. So perhaps it's not too surprising that when Raquel's teacher has to make the worst possible announcement --- that Raquel has been struck by a car and killed. I find that most people who talked in the book were either nice to her, mean to her, or loved her before she died. I think her father and her best friend loved her the most. I was a sad book, but I liked it.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    The tag line on the back of the cover reads, “How would you be remembered?”Raquel, a ninth grader at Quail Run High School, has just died unexpectedly. Each chapter is told from a different character’s perspective. Through the variety of characters that talk about Raquel (or themselves) the reader gets a glimpse of what it must have been like for a slightly unattractive fourteen-year-old girl who was invisible to the rest of the student body.Remembering Raquel by Vivian Vande Velde was an enjoyable read because it illustrates how we touch other people’s lives without ever knowing it. Raquel felt invisible at school, yet after she dies people gather to talk about the impact she made on their lives, which leaves the reader wondering – how would I be remembered?
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This will be a page turner for middle school girls, short and well written, about an unpopular overweight girl who is hit by a car and killed. The book has multiple narrators, opening the reader's eyes as to how all the character's feel and react to the incident and to the girl before her death.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    I would have given it three stars because like most VVV books, this book was more interesting in concept than in execution, but the end was just too depressing. I think she tried to end with a little bit of hope, but I was mostly left angry and sad by the unnecessary melodrama.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Vivian Vande Velde is best known for her award-winning science-fiction and fantasy novels. This story about a teenager who is killed in an automobile accident as told through the eyes of those who knew her, is no fantasy. Vande Velde realistically captures the thoughts and feelings of the characters, including the driver of the car that struck and killed Raquel. Remembering Raquel illustrates the randomness of life and how little we really know about some of the people around us.Raquel Falcone is killed when she steps off a curb and is struck by a car. In short, powerful chapters, she is remembered by family, friends, classmates, and those who witnessed the accident. Through the memories of others and entries in her diary, readers get to know this seemingly invisible girl.

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