Aside from its heavenly premise, this brisk, down-to-earth thriller should appeal equally to male and female readers. In a refreshing departure from her plant-based paranormal-romance series (Destined, 2012, etc.), Pike develops the pleasantly fractious relationship between Jeff and Kimberlee in Jeff's earthy, humorous first-person as he only initially reluctantly takes the high road to help her. Finding the love of his dreams, who, it turns out, has played a significant role in Kimberlee's criminal past, only complicates matters further. It takes Jeff a while to realize what a bizarre drama he has let himself get involved in. She wants him to help her atone for her past sins so that she can move on to the place with bright lights where she believes the peaceful dead end up. Apart from disappearing through walls when it suits her, she behaves like any other kleptomaniac teenage brat. Jeff can see and hear Kimberlee Schaffer loud and clear, but to everyone else she is invisible.
A clever and engaging read that will satisfy more than just fans of the paranormal.- Donna Rosenblum, Floral Park Memorial High School, NYĬopyright 2013 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.įebru"There's something about having a fight with a ghost that makes you paranoid in the morning." On his first day at an exclusive private high school in Santa Monica, freshman Jeff Clayson discovers that he is being stalked by the ghost of a former student who drowned two years earlier. Full of well-developed characters, this ghostly tale tackles complicated themes such as acceptance, bullying, and atonement that readers will relate to. Pike delivers an insightfully written, fast-paced, and witty plot told from a teenage boy's point of view.
His agreeing to help Kimberlee with her "unfinished business" begins a whirlwind adventure full of secrets, lies, unlikely friendships, romance, and important lessons about the price of redemption. Unfortunately for him, she is dead and he is the only one who can see or hear her. Being the odd man out intensifies when on Jeff's first day he encounters none other than Kimberlee Schaffer. Uprooted from his middle-class world by his parents so that his mother can pursue an acting career, he now lives with them in an upscale section of California, drives a BMW, and attends a prep school. Gr 9 Up-Jeff Clayson's life has been turned upside down in more ways than one.
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