i read this book when i was a 5th-6th grader, but it was written for teenagers. What I can remember is there's a girl in her grandma's house (I think the grandma has died), and she spends a lot of time in the attic with her cat, and she talks kinda a lot about eating crackers and cheese. She talks about her neighbor too. I'm pretty sure she becomes friends with her new neighbor and shows them her tree that she sits and writes in. Her family has died (I can't remember how, but I know she has a mom, dad and ?a little brother?). She writes letters to a person that has died or someone that she has made up, and in the beginning of every chapter she writes, "Dear, (that person's name)" then at the end she writes "Love, (her name)". I think that the title is "Dear (the person she is writing to's name), Love, (her name)"Also, I'm pretty sure the cover of the book is her in a tree writing in her book; she's wearing converse sneakers and jeans. THANK YOU! If you can find it, i love you.
"I had everything I needed to run a household: a house, food, and a new family. From now on it would just be me and Sammy–the two of us, and no one else."A tragic accident has turned eleven-year-old Aubrey’s world upside down. Starting a new life all alone, Aubrey has everything she thinks she needs: SpaghettiOs and Sammy, her new pet fish. She cannot talk about what happe "I had everything I needed to run a household: a house, food, and a new family. From now on it would just be me and Sammy–the two of us, and no one else."A tragic accident has turned eleven-year-old Aubrey’s world upside down. Starting a new life all alone, Aubrey has everything she thinks she needs: SpaghettiOs and Sammy, her new pet fish. She cannot talk about what happened to her. Writing letters is the only thing that feels right to Aubrey, even if no one ever reads them.With the aid of her loving grandmother and new friends, Aubrey learns that she is not alone, and gradually, she finds the words to express feelings that once seemed impossible to describe. The healing powers of friendship, love, and memory help Aubrey take her first steps toward the future.Readers will care for Aubrey from page one and will watch her grow until the very end, when she has to make one of the biggest decisions of her life.Love, Aubrey is devastating, brave, honest, funny, and hopeful, and it introduces a remarkable new writer, Suzanne LaFleur. No matter how old you are, this book is not to be missed. ...more