1:51 What would life look like for a twelve year old boy who is the only survivor of a plane crash where 191 passengers die including his parents and brother? How would he survive that loss? I’m Betty Martin with "Martin’s Must Reads" and that’s the main theme to Ann Napolitano’s novel Dear Edward. At 9:05 on June 12, 2013 a plane leaves Newark, New Jersey, to begin it’s non- stop flight to Los Angeles. In alternating chapters, the flight progresses through the day as Napolitano introduces some of the passengers: the multi-millionaire Crispin, newly pregnant Linda, injured retired army soldier Benjamin, obnoxious businessman Mark, attractive flight attendant Veronica and the Adler family: Jane, Bruce, Jordan and Edward.