Campy and fun, Charlotte spent the entire summer before senior year making herself over with the sole intent of gaining the attention of one of the most popular boys at school, Damen Dylan. Her "Popular Plan" included changing the way she looked and acted to become not only noticed, but envied, and thus part of the "in" crowd at Hawthorne High. Part of her goal included being asked to the Fall Ball and receiving the legendary Midnight Kiss from that boy of her dreams. Unfortunately, everything goes awry on the first day of school and Charlotte finds herself in Dead Ed trying to figure out how she's going to get her true love from beyond the grave. She decides to possess a living girl, Scarlet - a goth teen who is the complete opposite of the cheerleader crowd and the younger sister of Petula, one of the most envied in the school -- and Petula is the girl who just happens to have the boyfriend that Charlotte craves. Havoc and confusion ensue as Charlotte and Scarlet both fall head over heels for Damen (sensitive, dumb jock?) and both arrive at a realization about themselves that neither anticipates.
Parts of the book are laugh out loud funny as the satirical and pop references combine to create the puns that drive the story. Colorful "dead" characters (nicknamed for the method or cause of death) and stereotypical live high school kids mix it up in some amusing ways, but after all the effort at being clever, sometimes the joke falls flat and it all gets a little tedious at the end.
This story wraps up nicely -- but there's a hint that the saga will continue and it does in ghostgirl: Homecoming and a third book just released, ghostgirl: Lovesick. I might skim those two to see what happens in the further adventures of the dead Charlotte Usher.
The cutout black, pink and silver cover is enticing and unusual making this one book that teens will pick up and check out! Enjoy a few laughs.
Ms C.
15 comments:
This sounds like a great book.The summary is well written. I would like to read it!
-Gabriella Rizzi
seems interesting.
This sounds very interesting and I will definately check it out.
i dont think i would care for this book bc it sounds like a book a girl would like to read.. a girl trying to get a guys interest..
I'm not sure I would like this book/series. On one hand, I love it when authors combine humor with the paranormal, but on the other, high school cliches really get on my nerves.
From the cover it looked like it might be a little depressing, but I'm glad that you said that it wasn't. It's cool that I can tell how much people like this book from this blog.
-Aidan Eckart-
This book sounds interesting.
Jazmine Perkins
Very interesting
This sounds like a very interesting book to read.I love funny and paranormal books. I have got to check this book out. Can`t wait to it!
This book looks interesting and seems like it would be a funny book.
-Judith Becker
This book looks very interesting.
This books sounds interesting, however, is death really funny? I mean the trials of high school are inevitable, and there are many ways to write about htem, without dealing with death and mortality. With that said, I would still read this book as the plot, though perhaps a little gory, is fascinating.
Sounds fascinating! high school life and death? intreseting and gory combination....
- Bridget O'Shaughnessy
Sees like a really interesting book that would keep me wanting to turn each page and get closer to te end.
This book, according to the review looks really good. ill have to read this book.
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