Nothing but Ghosts
by:
Beth Kephart (author)
Ever since her mother passed away, Katie's been alone in her too-big house with her genius dad, who restores old paintings for a living. Katie takes a summer job at a garden estate, where, with the help of two brothers and a glamorous librarian, she soon becomes embroiled in decoding a mystery....
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Ever since her mother passed away, Katie's been alone in her too-big house with her genius dad, who restores old paintings for a living. Katie takes a summer job at a garden estate, where, with the help of two brothers and a glamorous librarian, she soon becomes embroiled in decoding a mystery. There are secrets and shadows at the heart of Nothing but Ghosts: symbols hidden in a time-darkened painting, and surprises behind a locked bedroom door. But most of all, this is a love story—the story of a girl who learns about love while also learning to live with her own ghosts.This is a heartfelt, lyrical tale from the National Book Award-nominated author of Undercover and House of Dance.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780061667961 (006166796X)
Publish date: June 23rd 2009
Publisher: HarperTeen
Pages no: 278
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Teen,
Paranormal,
Realistic Fiction,
Romance,
Mystery,
Art,
Contemporary,
Death,
Ghosts
...but not actual ghosts. You'd think if one started with "nothing but ghosts" and then subtracted the ghosts, there would be left nothing, but in fact there's gardening and eating and a summer job and the library and a crush. So, normal life, basically. Add a small town "mystery" (i.e. nosiness) fo...
Since I read two of Beth Kephart's novels back to back, I couldn't help doing the old compare-and-contrast with their protagonists. What struck me in that exercise was that Undercover's Elisa Cantor is a character who lives in her head; Nothing But Ghosts' Katie D'Amore isn't. That's not meant to im...
Review in 75 words or less: Enjoyable novel, but I did not enjoy it near as much as I thought I would. Sadly, most of this novel was very slow for me, and at the half way point, I even considered not finishing it. Thankfully, the plot finally starts to pick of speed in the second half, which is a hi...
Nothing But Ghosts was absolutely beautiful. There was something so calming about this novel - I can't say that it was exciting necessarily; it is better described as engrossing. The story unfolds so perfectly; I found the story to be compelling and engaging. There are two main plot lines in Ghosts:...
BORING. I did not care about the characters, it was slow, and even after trying, unsuccessfully, to find one interesting passage, I gave up.
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