Laura, who died thirty years ago, enlists the help of a tenacious high school reporter named Rebecca, who is very much alive. Rebecca, although skeptical and conflicted by her supposed encounters with a spirit, determines to learn the truth about Laura’s tragic death. As the clues unravel and their worlds collide, Rebecca finds herself at a dangerous crossroads. Laura, now pulled back into everything she left behind when she died – her old high school and memories of her life and death—has been in training for this exact moment. And nothing means more to her than succeeding at her assignment. It is her one chance to make sure that what happened to her does not happen to anyone else, and especially not to her new friend, Rebecca.
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Crossing the Line
Author(s)
Publisher Name
WiDo Publishing
Genre(s)
Age Range
13+
Release Date
March 06, 2018
ISBN13
978-1-937178-99-4
Laura, who died thirty years ago, enlists the help of a tenacious high school reporter named Rebecca, who is very much alive. Rebecca, although skeptical and conflicted by her supposed encounters with a spirit, determines to learn the truth about Laura’s tragic death. As the clues unravel and their worlds collide, Rebecca finds herself at a dangerous crossroads. Laura, now pulled back into everything she left behind when she died – her old high school and memories of her life and death—has been in training for this exact moment. And nothing means more to her than succeeding at her assignment. It is her one chance to make sure that what happened to her does not happen to anyone else, and especially not to her new friend, Rebecca.
Editor reviews
2 reviews
Intense Story that Bridges the Gap between Past and Present
(Updated: June 04, 2026)
Overall rating
4.3
Writing Style
4.0
Plot
5.0
Characters
4.0
Illustrations/Photos (if applicable)
N/A
The story:
In 1983, high school senior Laura Sherman was gunned down by a jealous classmate, who then turned the gun on herself. Thirty years later, her spirit returns to help budding medium Rebecca, a teenage girl facing a crisis of her own. Can the two prevent history from repeating itself?
What I loved:
Told in alternating POV, we get to know both Laura and Rebecca as the book goes on. Both are likeable yet prone to teenage mood swings and poor decision-making (usually when boys are involved). The two forge a strange friendship that brings past and present together in a collision that left me reeling. The author didn’t pull any punches when it came to the ins and outs of teen relationships, nor did she shy away from relating the horror of one girl being devastated by parental abuse. Though the beginning felt a little scattered, it picked up steam the closer it got to the end, to the point where I couldn’t stop turning pages.
What I didn’t love:
Some of the rules Laura was bound by as an agent of the afterlife were pretty vague, which left me scratching my head a couple of times. There was also quite a lot of profanity (including F-bombs).
My Final Verdict:
Crossing the Line is an extremely intense story, with memorable characters and a lot of tension. Because of the rather intense nature of some scenes, I would not recommend it to young teens, but mid-to-high teens will find it very enjoyable. It does a great job of conveying the lesson that words carry far more weight than one might think.
In 1983, high school senior Laura Sherman was gunned down by a jealous classmate, who then turned the gun on herself. Thirty years later, her spirit returns to help budding medium Rebecca, a teenage girl facing a crisis of her own. Can the two prevent history from repeating itself?
What I loved:
Told in alternating POV, we get to know both Laura and Rebecca as the book goes on. Both are likeable yet prone to teenage mood swings and poor decision-making (usually when boys are involved). The two forge a strange friendship that brings past and present together in a collision that left me reeling. The author didn’t pull any punches when it came to the ins and outs of teen relationships, nor did she shy away from relating the horror of one girl being devastated by parental abuse. Though the beginning felt a little scattered, it picked up steam the closer it got to the end, to the point where I couldn’t stop turning pages.
What I didn’t love:
Some of the rules Laura was bound by as an agent of the afterlife were pretty vague, which left me scratching my head a couple of times. There was also quite a lot of profanity (including F-bombs).
My Final Verdict:
Crossing the Line is an extremely intense story, with memorable characters and a lot of tension. Because of the rather intense nature of some scenes, I would not recommend it to young teens, but mid-to-high teens will find it very enjoyable. It does a great job of conveying the lesson that words carry far more weight than one might think.
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