AUTHOR:
A. M. Jenkins
GENRE: Juvenile Fiction
SUB GENRE:
Historical Fiction
THEME: Divorce, moving, ghosts
PRIMARY
AND SECONDARY CHARACTERS: Evan, Cora the
ghost, Evan’s Mom and his five year old sister.
DATE
OF PUBLICATION: 2006, Harper Tempest
SUMMARY: This
was an interesting book, definitely for the high school reader. Evan and his family move into an old
Victorian house where he starts having dreams about a beautiful girl. This girl is Cora and she lived in the house
as a teenager over 100 years ago. The
book is a combination of prose and poetry which makes it an interesting
mix. Evan finds his thoughts are
consumed by this girl and she even has him wondering whether he loves his
girlfriend Carrie or not. Even though
there is a ghost in this book, it is not eerie and scary and it is suggestive
so readers beware.
HOW
I WOULD USE THIS BOOK AS A TEACHER: If I
taught in a high school, I would possibly
have this book in my class library for social reading.
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