Saving Zoe

by Alyson Noel

Book Overview

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE It's been one year since the brutal murder of her older sister, Zo , and fifteen-year-old Echo is still reeling from the aftermath. Her parents are numb, her friends are moving on, and the awkward start to her freshman year proves she'll never live up to her sister's memory. Until Zo 's former boyfriend Marc shows up with Zo 's diary. At first Echo's not interested, doubting there's anything in there she doesn't already...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312355106
• ISBN13: 9780312355104
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Griffin
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 13 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Thoughtful,Caring,and Undieing Love

This is a thoughtful story that maybe someone can relate to!The story is not always happy but there is always that spring of hope somewere inside! This book always consits on love never once is there love that is not found. I would reffer this book to anyone!!:)

amazing...

i would have finished this in a day but my dad took it to work. i was so addicted that my mom almost grounded me from reading. this is my all time favorite book and i have read many books. i even recommended it to my three best friends and they are going to read it as soon as they get the chance and they never like the books i read. this book is just amazing.

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I was originally interested in this book because of the cover that said fans of Veronica Mars would love this. As a VM fan, I had to pick it up and I'm so glad I did! This book is amazing. I feel very passionately that this is a must read. The writing is excellent and the story draws you in. Saving Zoe is a blender book (it's got a little bit of everything-it's got romance, mystery, twists and turns, coming of age, sadness, happiness.) In the beginning, you only know as much about Zoe's death that Echo knows which adds a mystery element of figuring out what happened to Zoe and why. I felt just like Echo and couldn't wait to read more of Zoe's diary and find out more about her life. I couldn't put it down and Zoe and Echo have stayed with me long after finishing the book. If you have a book club, this is a great pick as many interesting discussions can stem from the many topics presented. I would say more but I don't want to give too much away....so get yourself a copy and enjoy reading!

Courtesy of Teens Read Too

Fifteen-year-old Echo has had to deal with more tragedy than anyone, regardless of age, should have to bear. Her parents' relationship is made up of alternating periods of arguments and silence. Her two best friends, Abby and Jenay, seem to be drifting apart -- from her, and from each other. She has a boyfriend named Parker, a great guy that she can't seem to work up any emotion towards. And her older sister, Zoe, is still dead and gone. Echo and Zoe could not have been more different. Echo is diligent in her studies, quite happy to take the quiet path of least resistance. Zoe, on the other hand, had the sunny, naive disposition that led her to live life however the mood struck her. In fact, it was that same sweet and fun personality that may have led to her death. Zoe's boyfriend, Marc, is still struggling to deal with the death of the girl he loved. However, he has something that has helped him a great deal; something that he decides to give to Echo, to help her know the sister who no longer is. Zoe left her diary with Marc the last time they were together, and he's held onto it ever since. Now it's Echo's, and, at first, she resists reading it. After all, she already knew everything there was to know about Zoe, right? Turns out, not so much. As Echo becomes immersed in the last few months of Zoe's life, she learns that she really didn't know her sister at all. The struggles, the insecurities, the traumas that her sister faced and never spoke about -- these aren't things that Echo would have ever associated with her bright, popular sister. As she delves deeper, into both the diary and the need to be like Zoe, Echo learns that although her sister will never return, she will always live in Echo's memory -- and in the justice that Echo is determined to get in her sister's name. Although Alyson Noel is best known for her lighter, contemporary stories, she has taken a serious, heartbreaking plot line and turned it into a winner that you'll never forget. I found myself as immersed into Zoe's life as Echo did, and found it hard to put the book down the entire time I was reading. Ms. Noel has done an awesome job with this weightier subject matter, and I hope to read more stories in this vein from her in the future. Reviewed by: Jennifer Wardrip, aka "The Genius"

SAVING ZOE TWO THUMBS UP!

Alyson Noel has done it again! Another book thats off the charts. Saving Zoe is different from the rest of her books. This is a book you wont want to put down. A year and a half ago Echo's sister Zoe is killed. Echo starts high school without her sister and with people talking and whispering behind her back. Until one day Zoes boyfriend Marc gives Echo Zoes diary telling her she should read it. At first Echo isnt sure, in a way she feels that she would be betraying her sister by reading it. But after a while she realizes Zoe would have wanted her to read it. Once Echo begins the diary she starts to realize she didnt know her sister as well as she thought. And the picture perfect life she always thought Zoe had. . .was about to be shattered with each page she read. As your reading this book your sucked into the lives of Zoe and Echo. Asking yourself many questions. Like what happened to Zoe? It all comes together in the end leaving you a book that can make you laugh and make you cry.