Absent
When seventeen-year-old Paige dies in a freak fall from the roof during Physics class, her spirit is bound to the grounds of her high school. At least she has company: her fellow ghosts Evan and Brooke, who also died there. But when Paige hears the rumor that her death wasn't an accident—that she...
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When seventeen-year-old Paige dies in a freak fall from the roof during Physics class, her spirit is bound to the grounds of her high school. At least she has company: her fellow ghosts Evan and Brooke, who also died there. But when Paige hears the rumor that her death wasn't an accident—that she supposedly jumped on purpose—she can't bear it. Then Paige discovers something amazing. She can possess living people when they think of her, and she can make them do almost anything. Maybe, just maybe, she can get to the most popular girl in school and stop the rumors once and for all.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780811871501 (0811871509)
Publish date: May 21st 2013
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Pages no: 184
Edition language: English
there's just not very much to say about this book, honestly. it was pretty decent. it was a short, easy read and even though i thought that the premise of the story was absolutely ridiculous, it's also worth saying that i'm 22 years old, so i wouldn't be too worried about how people thought that i c...
(Description nicked from B&N.com.) “When seventeen-year-old Paige dies in a freak fall from the roof during Physics class, her spirit is bound to the grounds of her high school. At least she has company: her fellow ghosts Evan and Brooke, who also died there. But when Paige hears the rumor that he...
I'm still processing how I feel about this book. It's a short one, less than 200 pages, and I can't decide if it needed to be much longer or much much shorter. The characters felt like rough sketches, and I found myself wanting more detail and depth in all of them. Especially the main character, who...
Absent is a well-written novel about Paige, a recently deceased girl who remains at her high school day in and day out. Paige fell from the roof during physics class, but many people believe she jumped on purpose. The story revolves around Paige attempting to end this rumor about her committing suic...
For this review and more visit my blogFor such a short book Absent sure does pack a punch. This is one of the most thoughtful YA books I have come across lately and I was pretty impressed by it.I really liked the storyline we have seen ghosts done time and time again in YA but not quite like this. ...
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