By The Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead by Julie Anne Peters

A fast and captivating read! You will be drawn in from the moment you read this. It is raw, depressing and heart wrenching.


Daelyn is on a mission to end her life after a lifetime of bullying and pain. With each turn of the page you feel the tortured soul of this young girl.

This book is well written and you won't want to pass it up. The characters are well developed and you will be draw into Daelyn's dark world.

The ending is rather disappointing because you aren't given any closure.


Grade: B+


Synopsis [B&N]

Daelyn Rice is broken beyond repair, and after a string of botched suicide attempts, she’s determined to get her death right. She starts visiting a website for “completers”— through-the-light .com.

While she’s on the site, Daelyn blogs about her life, uncovering a history of bullying that goes back to kindergarten. When she’s not on the Web, Daelyn’s at her private school, where she’s known as the freak who doesn’t talk.

Then, a boy named Santana begins to sit with her after school while she’s waiting to for her parents to pick her up. Even though she’s made it clear that she wants to be left alone, Santana won’t give up. And it’s too late for Daelyn to be letting people into her life…isn’t it?

National Book Award finalist Julie Anne Peters shines a light on how bullying can push young people to the very edge.