Out of the sadness cave and into the pediatric hospital, Renata has returned to join Kait and Eryn for the final book of Flashback Summer, Angels Watching Over Me by Lurlene McDaniel. We went back to a time before WebMD and The Fault in Our Stars, back when tweens had to cry over a romance between an English girl who doesn’t know she has cancer and an Amish boy who doesn’t know what candy bars are. We also learned about the dangers of spider bites. PSA: if you can’t find your Kleenex, maybe an angel stole it?

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Footnotes: Everything Hurts: A Slurlene McDaniel Review

I Was Obsessed With YA Cancer Novels Long Before The Fault In Our Stars

Lifted Up By Angels plot summary

Until Angels Close My Eyes plot summary

Lurlene McDaniel Fanfiction

 Candy pairing:  Eryn says buckeyes, Kait says vinegar candy, Renata says Milky Ways.

Coming up next: The Selection by Kiera Cass.

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