The release date for the English version of 'By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead' by
Julie Anne Peters is Jan 2010. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Daelyn Rice is irreparably damaged, and she's resolved to have a successful suicide after many failed attempts. She opens www.through-the-light.com, a website for "completers."
Daelyn writes about her experiences on the website, revealing a history of bullying dating back to kindergarten. Daelyn attends a private school where she is referred to as the weirdo who stays silent when she isn't online.
Then, while she waits for her parents to pick her up after school, a guy by the name of Santana starts to sit with her. Santana isn't giving up, despite her expressed desire to be left alone. Furthermore, isn't it too late for Daelyn to start allowing others into her life?
Finalist for the National Book Award Julie Anne Peters sheds attention on the extreme lengths to which bullying may drive young people.