Ghosting
“This swift, free-verse page-turner follows seven teens and the events before, during, and after an evening that permanently alters their lives…What begins as a story featuring typical teens haunted by the past and dismayed by the present turns into one where everyone is reminded that mistakes can be learning experiences and that people can adjust to what one character concludes is a ‘new now time.’ Recommended for reluctant readers given the book’s realistic portrayal of a Midwestern town, the lyrical narrative, and the readily relatable protagonists.”
School Library Journal
On a hot summer night in a midwestern town, a high school teenage prank goes horrifically awry. Alcohol, guns, and a dare. Within minutes, as events collide, innocents becomes victims—with tragic outcomes altering lives forever, a grisly and unfortunate scenario all too familiar from current real-life headlines. But victims can also become survivors, and as we come to know each character through his/her own distinctive voice and their interactions with one another, we see how, despite pain and guilt, they can reach out to one another, find a new equilibrium, and survive.
Told through multiple points of view in naturalistic free verse and stream of consciousness, this is an unforgettable, haunting tale.
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