Booktalking Colorado - Full Booktalk Record

Booktalking Colorado Full Record:

	Title:	Rosey in the Present Tense
	Author:	Hawes, Louise
	Date Published:	1999
	Genre:	Real Life
	Grade Level:	7 - 9
	Booktalker:	Sam Marsh

Booktalk:
Six months it's been. Six months since the love of my life died. Automobile wreck, no seat belt. Thrown from the car and... My mom told me when I got home. I couldn't believe it. Couldn't face the loss. I withdrew. Skipped classes. Couldn't write anymore. Didn't care. And the, amazingly, it all changed. Rosie came back. Into my life, into my room. Oh, I was the only one who could see or hear her...except for her dying grandmother. And, I couldn't feel her. But, I could talk to her and share with her. And, I'd do anything to make sure she didn't leave again.