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DescriptionEdith Pattou - Ghosting  Spare, haunting, engrossing, and moving, this novel-in-blank-verse is a must-read. Both a breathless page-turner and surprisingly emotional, I wouldn't be surprised to see it on year-end awards lists—it has that quality of real people living real lives captured in every single line. Via nine alternating first-person narrations, Pattou tells the story of a single tragic night in the lives of a half-dozen teens. We know from the start that something terrible is going to happen, and so we read with a mounting sense of dread as the kids roll toward the central event of the book. The voices Pattou puts down on the page here are the real joy: Each voice is distinctive, so that without even reading the name of the character we know the narrator of any particular section. As well, the voices ring true—these feel like real kids dealing with the issues that every teen has to deal with: first love, peer pressure, the looming future, the longing to fit in, the difficult work of becoming a real person. It is to Pattou's credit that there are no easy "bad guys" in the event itself; more like a Rube-Goldberg-like series of bad choices and misunderstandings that ends in bloodshed. And it is to Pattou's credit that these dark events change these kids lives believably for the better. Her characters come through stronger, more sure of themselves, and better people than they had been when their story began. For a story as filled with misfortune as this one, it ends on a surprisingly hopeful note. Even the worst experiences, it turns out, have their upsides. Publisher: Skyscape (August 19, 2014) Language: English ISBN-10: 147784774X ISBN-13: 978-1477847749 Sharing Widget |