Charlie starts smoking more and getting detention. Vera doesn’t have a lot of friends except for Charlie and prefers it that way-she likes being “invisible.” When the two reach high school, however, things begin to change. They built a treehouse together, hung out at the Master Oak tree, spent summers playing Uno, and could talk to each other about anything. The two have been inseparable friends since childhood. Vera harbors a lot of anger and resentment toward Charlie. The novel flows backward and forward in time, with the multiple narrators building a layered description of Vera and Charlie’s relationship. The town landmark, a glowing red pagoda, also speaks. Her father, Ken Dietz, and her friend Charlie (“The Dead Kid”) also chime into the story, sharing information and memories. Vera is one of the first-person narrators in Please Ignore Vera Dietz. Printz Honor Book award in 2011 for literary excellence in young adult literature. Please Ignore Vera Dietz won a Michael L. As the novel progresses and Vera navigates challenges of alcoholism, abandonment, and loss, she grows in self-confidence and the ability to express her emotions. Vera knows information that will clear Charlie’s name of the arson, but feelings of guilt and anger drive Vera to keep her knowledge secret. In Amy Sarig King’s young adult contemporary novel Please Ignore Vera Dietz (2010), high school senior Vera Dietz struggles to cope with the death of her former best friend, Charlie Kahn, who died the night a local pet shop burned down.

Please ignore vera dietz by as king