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The first thing I have to say is, NOOOOOOOOOOoOOooooooOOO!  You cant stop there!  This book ended too soon for me!  From just reading the back cover, I wasn't sure I wanted to read this book.  The whole "I see dead people" thing didn't really appeal to me.  I'm SO glad I did pick it up! 

Chloe Saunders is seeing ghosts. Everyone, including Chloe herself, thinks she is crazy, schizophrenic to be exact. She is sent to live in a group home for teenagers with mental illness. She begins to believe she isnt so crazy after all.  There is something strange happening to her, and in the group home in general.  While she is there, she befriends other teens with odd symptoms as well and makes an enemy of one moody, disturbed girl.

I loved Chloes inner monologue (dialogue?!?! Not sure which word I want to use there!). It read with lots of sarcasm and self-doubt. It made Chloe very likable as a character. Her comments and her unwillingness to accept that she is actually seeing ghosts makes her believable. I hate when you read a story and someone just accepts something paranormal without doubt. Would anyone really do that in real life? I think not! You would think you are crazy, dreaming, drinking too much coffee&.anything before you believed it was ghosts or werewolves or zombies!

I really am looking forward to reading the second book in the series, The Awakening. I hope it is as action-packed as the first book.  It feels good to be back in my normal reading routine!

~Jenn

ISBN 978-0-06-145054-9

390 Pages Paperback Edition (Really!?!?!  It didnt seem that long at all!  I thought it was much shorter)

Published 2008 by Harper Collins (Harper Teen)