By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead by Elizabeth Peters

Wow. Talk about a book that hits a little close to home... Daelyn, the main character, was the fat girl. When her parents sent her to fat camp, her measurements were 5'2" and 176 pounds, which were precisely my measurements at one point.

Throughout her life, Daelyn has suffered from bullying. She has learned a long time ago that it does no good to tattle. The girls are mean, constantly. A group of boys violated her, though didn't rape her, when she was in middle school. Now she tries top be invisible. Daelyn has attempted suicide a number of times before, the last attempt rendering her mute for most of the book.

Daelyn is also using a website for people who plan on being "completers" this time around. She is set on actually dying this time and she starts to set in motion her plan. The chapters count down from 23 days to her DOD. However, these 23 days could change everything. People are reaching out to here, but why now?

This was a great book. It managed to be both heartbreaking and amusing. Peters writes well enough that more than once I thought that I couldn't speak!