The Wrap Up List, young adult fiction by Steven Arntson (Houghton Miffin Harcourt)
In this modern-day suburban town, one per cent of all fatalities come about in the most peculiar way. Deaths — eight-foot-tall, silver-gray creatures — send a letter (“Dear So-and-So, your days are numbered”) to whomever is chosen for a departure, telling them to wrap up their lives and do the things they always wanted to do before they have to “depart”.
When sixteen-year-old Gabriela receives her notice, she is, of course devastated. Will she kiss her crush Sylvester before it’s too late?
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