It's a Wonderful Death

It's a Wonderful Death
by Sarah Schmitt

By accident, 17 year old RJ is collected early by the Grim Reaper.  She is upset and wants to be sent back to her life.  She is given the choice to either remain in the Lobby waiting until her original life was supposed to end, or she can go back and replay three moments in her life.

RJ is popular, she has been been mean to others and is a self-centered teen.  She decides to go back and replay three incidents in her life.  These three incidents are times in her life where she could continue towards her self centered road or she could think about others.  

Instead of leaving a friend on the playground to get bullied by other kids, RJ stays behind and stands up to the bully, not leaving her friend behind.  A classmate is bullied and commits suicide, instead of being yet another bully she becomes his friend. He becomes a good, true friend.  A classmate is sick with cancer, and instead of stealing from the fundraiser that she organized, she stands up to the popular kids and makes sure the family gets the money intended to help them with the medical bills.

It was a fun book about a teen looking back on her life and making better choices.  RJ's struggle to want to stay popular made her more real, that is something most teenagers would probably also struggle with.