If You're Reading This Author:Trent Reedy The letter arrives a few weeks before Mike's sixteenth birthday. If you're reading this, then I'm very sorry, but I was killed in the war in Afghanistan. Mike's dad died when he was eight, and Mike has always tried to be a good guy like his father was. Now someone is sending him letters Dad wrote before his death, f... more »illed with stories and wisdom he didn't get to share in life. For me, everything changed at sixteen.
Each letter gives Mike a mission to complete. Get an A on a paper. Go to a party. Take a chance with a girl. Follow your dream. Inspired by his father's words, Mike goes out for the football team and get to know the beautiful Isma... Whatever it is you've been wanting to do, give it your best. ...only to discover his biggest mission may be at home -- and the story behind the letters is more intense than he ever imagined. I miss you, buddy.
If You're Reading This is a deeply moving novel about parents and sons, letters and silence, and heroes at home and in war. « less