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The theme of this book is to always remember the one we have lost, but to not live in the past. When Lizzy lived in the past she acted differently towards others, but at the end of the story when she broke out of her shell, she was able to show the world what she could really do. Lizzy shows us that remembering our loved ones is very important, but eventually we have to "Bury the dead"

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Any reader would be very satisfied with how this book ended. It tied up all loose ends and it shows how Lizzy, and her family, were able to move on so many years later. The story had a very happy ending and any reader would be very happy with how it happened.  Although the story closed up all of the loose ends, it didn't exactly tell what would happen to Lizzy is the future. It does foreshadow that she will always remember Tess, and live he life the way she would want and not let the tragedy hold her back anymore.

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While reading this book, the reader will become sad when they relives what has happened to the family after Tess died. The reader is also sad when they relies why and how Tess dies. There is also a lot of happy parts of the story. Such as when Tess and Lizzy play make believe and have fun together. They whole story has a bunch of ups and downs and make the reader want to continue to read.

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The Pegasus Journal-  Tess used to always write in a Pegasus Journal about whatever was going on. The Pegasus journal was very important to Lizzy and she never let it out of hr sight. Like what Tess did to Lizzy.
Lizzy's Cloths- Lizzy always dresses in all black. She isn't goth or emo, she just doesn't want anyone to forget about Tess.

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Summary--  Tess and Lizzy are best friends and sisters.  They do everything together.  But when Tess starts to stop eating, everything goes wrong.  Tess has anorexia and she lives in her own world.  Tess goes to a therapist but nothing gets better.  She refuses to take her pills and eventually winds up killing herself.  The Lizzy is left alone.  She never wants anyone to forget about Tess.  Lizzy starts to live in memories with Tess and can't move on from the terrible tragedy that happened.  Lizzy even goes to a therapist herself to get help, eventually it does work, and Lizzy is able to move on, a little bit at least.
Introduction-- The majority of the story is Lizzy reliving memories about her and Tess. Lizzy really wants her sister back, but Tess wasn't always very nice to Lizzy. When Tess dies Lizzy feels like it's all her fault and she could have stopped it.  In reality she couldn't have done anything different.
Inciting Incident-- Tess has died and Lizzy feels like everyone is going to forget her and they Tess's death is all Lizzy's fault.
Rising Action-- Lizzy goes to a therapist to try and talk about what happened.  Lizzy also turns in Tess's poems for English, but when a big project comes she is forced to write her own and she become a great writer.  Lizzy learns more about herself and what really happened and how it is not all her fault
Climax-- Tess gets really sick.  Lizzy can tell that things and changing.  Tess isn't the same as she was, she's more of a psychopath than anything elses.  Tess goes to see a therapist and doctors.  They suggest that she goes to a hospital, but the family doesn't have enough money for the hospital. As a result, Tess gets worse and worse until one day she accidentally kills herself.
Falling Action-- Lizzy finally comes to terms with Tess death 7 years later She realizes that nobody will forget Tess and that Tess's death was not Lizzy's fault. Lizzy finally is able to find some happiness i life and she lives up to the person that everyone knew she could be.
Resolution-- Lizzy and her family (Mamma and Daddy) come closer together and they all start to find happiness in their life again.

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4 out of 5 Stars!
I really enjoyed this book. The author, Marcella Pixley, makes a book about losing a sister mysterious. To do this she doesn't let the reader know what really happened to Tess until the end. Something it is very interesting, yet is annoying in this story. Throughout the story I really wanted to know what happened to Tess. In this story I did not like how it was hard to tell if it was a flask back or not. Sometimes it was hard to tell with time period we the story was in.

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The story's point of view is in first person. During the flashbacks Lizzy narrates the story thou her own eyes.  When Lizzy is not in a flashback she is also the one narrating the story.

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Major Charters
Lizzy Cohen-- Lizzy Cohen is the main charter.  She is learning to get thou life without her sister, Tess.  There are many things of Tess's that Lizzy has not let go of yet, such as Tess's Pegasus journal, which plays a large role thought the story.
Tess Cohen-- Tess Cohen is a typical girl who loves her sister, playing make believe, and doing her own thing. Since Tess's personality is much like a light hearted leader, she is able to get Lizzy to do what ever she wants.  Sadly, Tess becomes very sick, lose a lot of weight, and dies at a very young age.
Minor Characters
Isabel Amodeo-- Isabel moves into the Cohen girls when they are 6-8 years old. Lizzy and Isabel quickly become best friend. But when Tess dies, there friendship dissolves.
Mamma-- Tess and Lizzy's mom appears in the story many times. She is a writer and care a lot about her girls. She is a very loving mother and wants he best for her family.
Daddy-- Lizzy and Tess's dad works at a boat shop repairing boats. Before Tess dies he is always around and rarely works late, but after she dies he starts to work later and later till the rest of the family doesn't see him as much as they used too. The reader can see how much Tess's death has affected him.
Ms. Caruso--  Ms. Caruso is the Cohen's neighbor. The girls care a lot about Ms. Cohen and when they were kids, they would go and see her and all of her cats. Ms. Caruso was also invited to Lizzy's 5th birthday, an extraordinary especially scenic not many people are invited to her birthday party.
Plus several other who were not as significant in the story.

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The setting of this story is at Lizzy school, and around her neighborhood. The story goes back to when Tess and Lizzy were between the ages of 5-7 through flashbacks.  But the story also is in the present while Lizzy still deals with Tess's death so many years later.  This story's time period is present when it is not in the process of showing the reader a flashback, that happened years ago

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Without Tess is a very appropriate name for this book because Lizzy (the main character) is going through life without her sister Tess who died at age 13. The title grabs the reader's attention because it asks, where is Tess? Why is she gone? The title makes the reader want to read the book. The reader will also fall in love with the authors, Marcella Pixleys writing. With a topic like dealing with death, there still seems to be a new mystery around every corner.

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By: Marcella Pixley

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By: Emma Burris English 225 A3