Books like A Summer to Die

I haven't read this book since I was eleven or twelve, but I bought a used copy because I have such extremely fond memories of it. My copy has new cover art, so I got all nostalgic seeing the thumbnail of the old cover here.It's funny how much of this book I remembered vividly and how much I'd forgotten all together. It's a beautiful story, though, through and through, the kind that makes me happy to be alive.I recall relating to Meg so much as a kid, so I was surprised to find myself relating to her even more as an adult, both in retrospect and present-day ways. It makes me happy to think I read this back when I was still figuring out who I was; if this book informed current me at all, I couldn't thank Lois Lowry enough.This time around I was irritated with the parents for not giving Meg more information about what was going on with Molly. I also wish Ben and Maria hadn't been married and that everyone had learned a beautiful lesson about nontraditional relationships. But these are honestly small quibbles. I love this book, and I treasure it.