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Get Out meets Holly Jackson in this YA social thriller where survival is not a guarantee.
Sixteen-year-old Jake Livingston sees dead people everywhere. But he can't decide what's worse: being a medium forced to watch the dead play out their last moments on a loop or being at the mercy of racist teachers as one of the few Black students at St. Clair Prep. Both are a living nightmare he wishes he could wake up from. But things at St. Clair start looking up with the arrival of another Black student--the handsome Allister--and for the first time, romance is on the horizon for Jake.
Unfortunately, life as a medium is getting worse. Though most ghosts are harmless and Jake is always happy to help them move on to the next place, Sawyer Doon wants much more from Jake. In life, Sawyer was a troubled teen who shot and killed six kids at a local high school before taking his own life. Now he's a powerful, vengeful ghost and he has plans for Jake. Suddenly, everything Jake knows about dead world goes out the window as Sawyer begins to haunt him. High school soon becomes a different kind of survival game--one Jake is not sure he can win.
Reviews (2)
School Library Journal Review
Gr 7 Up--Jake, who is gay, one of the few Black students at his exclusive private school, and a medium who interacts with spirits, is derided by teachers and bullied by classmates. All he wants is to stay invisible. Sawyer, now dead, shot and killed several classmates and then himself. Instead of finding peace in death, his spirit reaches for power, justice, and revenge. Jake appears to be a perfect vessel for Sawyer's rage and terror. Unexpectedly befriended by an unusual student and the new boy at school, Jake finds that he must face the menace that only he knows is supernatural. Alternating between Jake's real-time plight and Sawyer's journal leading up to his heinous act, this novel tackles mental illness, rejection, and loneliness. Unfortunately, both the narration and the plot execution are uneven. Many of the issues are presented and relationships established too quickly without warranted character development or backstory. Though almost everyone in school, including adults, acts horribly, two students inexplicably decide to be Jake's friends, immediately believe his fantastic tale, and make questionable decisions for him but then just as inexplicably are unbothered by his disappearance and the horror that he ends up facing alone. The use of two narrators, Kevin R. Free and Michael Crouch, for the two time lines is effective but imbalanced. While Sawyer's reader provides a stellar performance with just the right accent and accentuations, Jake's point of view reader is less masterly, with especially weak interpretations for female characters. VERDICT Regardless of its flaws, this novel takes a hard look at brutality in many forms, racism, homophobia, and consequences of the choices that we make.--Lisa Youngblood, Harker Heights P.L., TX
Kirkus Review
Eleventh grader Jake Livingston fights for survival when the ghost of a school shooter starts to haunt him. Besides dealing with being the only Black kid in his grade, Jake also must contend with the ghosts he sees every day. Remnants of the "dead world" envelop every aspect of his waking life, ghosts distract him in school, he astral projects at night, and now he's the target of a particularly incensed spirit. Sawyer Doon, a White boy who committed a mass shooting at a neighboring high school, has set his sights on Jake, seeking to possess his body and commit more atrocities from beyond the grave. Newfound friends Fiona Chan and Allister Burroughs, a new Black student at St. Clair Prep, assist Jake in his quest to vanquish Sawyer and protect those he loves. Meanwhile, diary entries from Sawyer himself pepper the novel, offering a glimpse into what can drive someone to violence. Jake, who is gay and dealing with the stress of being closeted, not only manages supernatural antagonists, but everyday racism and microaggressions as well. His experiences supply crucial social commentary and insight into the ways discrimination can isolate and depress young adults. Lush and emotive prose chronicles Jake's journey, though the novel's short length and brisk pace leave some crucial aspects of the plot feeling underdeveloped. Spooky, atmospheric, and layered. (Paranormal. 12-18) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.