That is, right before it launches into shallow-seeming Charlotte's next clueless misadventure led by her one-track mind: Must get boy, alive or dead. Each chapter starts with a pithy paragraph about letting go, love, longing, regret - heavy stuff. Anticipate a well deserved cult following.With a Goth-chic book design and a popular Web site, GHOSTGIRL definitely puts style and dark humor first, but it's not without substance. "Readers with a taste for black humor and satire will feast on Hurley's crisp, wise dialogue."Tim Burton and Edgar Allan Poe devotees will die for this fantastic, phantasmal read." -School Library Journal* (starred review) The problem is she doesn't have much advice to offer since dying hasn't exactly boosted her confidence level.īut when Hawthorne High's leading, love-to-hate cheerleader Petula and her gothic little sis' Scarlet find themselves suddenly resting-in-peace in comas, Charlotte's opportunity to save them will prove to be the risk of a lifetime-for all of them. Before she can officially cross over, she'll have to be a source of guidance for one such teen. Heaven couldn't be a phone bank, could it?Ĭharlotte Usher discovers that the afterlife isn't quite what she pictured when she's forced to intern at a hotline for troubled teens.
Anticipate a well deserved cult following." - VOYA (starred review) "Tim Burton and Edgar Allan Poe devotees will die for this fantastic, phantasmal read."-School Library Journal* (starred review) Goofy, ghastly, intelligent, electrifying." -Kirkus (starred review) " beats out witty teen-speak like a punk-band drummer, keeping the narrative fast-paced and fun yet thought-provokingly heartwarming.
Polished dark-and-deadpan humor, it's a natural fit with Gen Y, too." -Publishers Weekly (starred review) In this satirical, yet heartfelt novel, Hurley explores the invisibility we all feel at some times and the lengths we'll go to be seen. If you thought high school was a matter of life or death, wait till you see just how true that is. But being dead doesn't stop Charlotte from wanting to be popular it just makes her more creative about achieving her goal. And all because she choked on a gummy bear. Charlotte Usher feels practically invisible at school, and then one day she really is invisible.
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