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Query abandoned by poster > ABANDONED. YA version of Meet Joe Black (Death is a high school student)

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message 1: by Kimberly (new)

Kimberly Tran (kimberlytran) | 2 comments I read this book in the late 90s when I was in junior high at the library. Unfortunately it never occurred to me to note down the name and author of the book at the time. It's basically a YA version of Meet Joe Black. Death comes to the world of the living as a high school student who falls in love with another high school student. At the end of the book, Death leaves the girl he is in love with and I think ends with him taking away her memories but leaves her a rose (I think). I vaguely remember the cover of the book having a rose and maybe a mask on it as well. I hope someone knows this because this book has stuck with me for almost 2 decades and I would love to re-read it and see if it's as good as I remember considering I don't remember that much about it.


message 2: by MJ (new)

MJ | 1620 comments Think this is too new to be your book, but Existence has a similar plot.


message 3: by Kimberly (new)

Kimberly Tran (kimberlytran) | 2 comments The book I read was actually a novel and not part of a series. Thank you for trying though, MJ.


message 4: by Kris (new)

Kris | 55141 comments Mod
Why does Death come to her high school? Just warn us first if it's a spoiler.

Expanded the description in the topic header to explain what Meet Joe Black refers to.


message 5: by Lobstergirl, au gratin (new)

Lobstergirl | 44938 comments Mod
Kimberly, are you still looking for this or did you find it?


message 6: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart | 28892 comments Super long shot, Behind You?


message 7: by SBC (new)

SBC (essbeecee) | 1594 comments You may also find this list helpful if you haven't checked it out already - Best Fiction Literature Featuring Death, the Afterlife, and/or Death Personified https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...


message 8: by Kris (new)

Kris | 55141 comments Mod
Kimberly, are you still looking for this book - or did you find it?


message 9: by Lobstergirl, au gratin (new)

Lobstergirl | 44938 comments Mod
No response in either 2019 or 2023, Abandoned.


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