Ghostgirl by Tonya HurleyAfter dying, high school senior Charlotte Usher is as invisible to nearly everyone as she always felt, but despite what she learns in a sort of alternative high school for dead teens, she clings to life while seeking a way to go to the Fall Ball with the boy of her dreams. Visit the website.
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...Tim Burton and Edgar Allan Poe devotees will die for this fantastic, phantasmal read.
...The book's elongated format-black chipboard featuring a coffin-shaped die cut centered on a silhouette of Charlotte-is intriguing. Readers captivated by the packaging will not be disappointed. Anticipate a well deserved cult following.
...fantastic design. Thick pages, a black matte cover with pink and silver accents AND a coffin-shaped cutout, silver edging and pink and black floral border on all of the pages, full page chapter headings with a different silhouette illustration and quote...It's a nice looking book. Unfortunately, the text didn't hold up to the packaging. On the back cover, ghostgirl is described as 'satirical yet heartfelt'. I saw the satire...What I didn't see -- at all -- was the 'heartfelt'. This book was flatter than flat. The characters said their lines. They did their thing. And I never even remotely cared.
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