Published by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
ISBN 0547824106 (ISBN13: 9780547824109)

SYNOPSIS:
“In this modern-day suburban town, one percent 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?” 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Steven Arnston is a writer and musician who lives in Seattle, Washington. He has an MFA from the Iowa Writer’s Workshop. He is also the author of The Wikkeling.