The finely drawn characters capture readers’ attention in this debut.Īutumn and Phineas, nicknamed Finny, were born a week apart their mothers are still best friends. Lush and emotive prose chronicles Jake’s journey, though the novel’s short length and brisk pace leave some crucial aspects of the plot feeling underdeveloped. His experiences supply crucial social commentary and insight into the ways discrimination can isolate and depress young adults. Jake, who is gay and dealing with the stress of being closeted, not only manages supernatural antagonists, but everyday racism and microaggressions as well. Meanwhile, diary entries from Sawyer himself pepper the novel, offering a glimpse into what can drive someone to violence. Clair Prep, assist Jake in his quest to vanquish Sawyer and protect those he loves. Newfound friends Fiona Chan and Allister Burroughs, a new Black student at St. Sawyer Doon, a White boy who committed a mass shooting at a neighboring high school, has set his sights on Jake, seeking to possess his body and commit more atrocities from beyond the grave. Remnants of the “dead world” envelop every aspect of his waking life, ghosts distract him in school, he astral projects at night, and now he’s the target of a particularly incensed spirit. Eleventh grader Jake Livingston fights for survival when the ghost of a school shooter starts to haunt him.īesides dealing with being the only Black kid in his grade, Jake also must contend with the ghosts he sees every day.
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