Wendy Lamb Books | 978-0-3 | | $15.99 | Ages 14 and up | 208 pages THE UNBEARABLE BOOK CLUB FOR UNSINKABLE GIRLS With its cast of vivid and memorable characters, this tale from the Jersey shore is sure to make some waves. As Joey pulls away, and Inggy tours colleges, Angel finds herself spending more time with Inggy’s boyfriend, Cork. He wants to be her boyfriend, while Angel doesn’t want to be tied down. Her good friend Joey doesn’t want to fool around anymore. Still, her summer doesn’t start out as planned. Angel isn’t sure what she wants to do yet, but she has confidence and experience beyond her years. She’s not like her best friend, Inggy, who has a steady boyfriend, good grades, and college plans. It’s the summer before senior year and the alluring Angel is ready to have fun. About what it means to desire, to love, and to betray. “One can almost smell salt and sunscreen in the air in this soulful and insightful coming-of-age story.”Īn irresistible story about the real people behind the stereotypes of the Jersey Shore. Readers will meet walking corpses and witness demonic posession, all against the backdrop of Chicago’s rich history–the Great Depression, the World’s Fair, Al Capone and his fellow gangsters. Some teens die heroically, others ironically, but all due to supernatural causes. Set in White Cemetery, an actual graveyard outside Chicago, each story takes place during a different time period from the 1860s to the present, and ends with the narrator’s death. The phenomenally versatile, award-winning author Candace Fleming gives teen and older tween readers ten ghost stories sure to send chills up their spines.

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On the Day I Died by Candace Fleming