Everlost by Neal Shusterman

Nick’s eating a candy bar when he dies.  Allie’s arguing with her dad about the radio and adjusting her blouse.  A couple seconds later, Nick and Allie meet when they crash through the tunnel from this world to whatever’s after life.  And that’s when the story starts.  Nick and Allie wake up most of a year later not knowing that they’re dead.  Obviously, they want to get back to their parents who must be worried sick about them.  But another boy they meet in the woods explains the situation to them.  Are they stuck being ghosts forever?  Can they trust anyone or anything in the ghost world?  Or are Nick and Allie truly lost?

Review by Kathleen from a library copy

The Secret Life of Sparrow Delaney by Suzanne Harper

Sparrow Delaney is the seventh daughter of a seventh daughter in a family of mediums.  She lives in Lily Dale, NY, famous for mediums, psychics, and the supernatural – a veritable metropolis for ghosts and those seeking loved ones who have “Crossed Over.”  But now Sparrow has a chance to go to a high school thirty miles away, where no one knows her crazy family or expects her to be able to talk to ghosts.  That’s the plan, anyway, and it starts going awry the first day when she notices a cute guy in her history class… and the cute ghost flicking him in the ear right behind him.  Can Sparrow keep on pretending that she isn’t a medium?  Why is Luke always haunting her?  And is he really haunting her, or is he trying to get through to Jake?

The Secret Life of Sparrow Delaney is designed for younger teens.  The ending leaves open the possibility of a sequel.  This is good for a quick read.

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