"Dear Elijah." American Bookseller (March 1995): 27-28. Praises the novel, especially the "prose that at times illuminates the page like a passing comet."

Frischer, Rita Berman. "Why Are These Books Different?" Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles (March 31April 6, 1995). Praises Dear Elijah as a help to young people who are learning to deal with the unpredictability of life.

"Has This Ever Happened to You?: Stories about Us." The Reading Teacher 50,1 (September 1996): 58-59.

"Readers will identify with Rebecca's thoughts and emotions as she struggles to sort out events in her life."

Kaplan, Sybil. "The Best Books of 1995." The Speaker (December 1995): 10. Kaplan says, "The book is clever, and it touches upon very real events that happen to young people."

Korman, Becky. VOYA (August 1995): 154. Korman summarizes the plot, suggests that the diction of Rebecca's letters is sometimes too adult, and praises the book as "a good source of...