The Beginning of After by Jennifer Castle takes the reader to that darkest of circumstances -- when a child loses her family.
In this story, Laurel Meisner, a pretty typical high school girl loses her family the night of a Passover seder. Her parents, brother and another family go out for ice cream while Laurel decides to catch up on homework. She goes home, and on the way to the ice cream store, there is a fatal accident.
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