Robyn Schneider's The Beginning of Everything is a witty and heart-wrenching teen novel that will appeal to fans of books by John Green and Ned Vizzini, novels such as The Perks of Being a Wallflower, and classics like The Great Gatsby and The Catcher in the Rye. Varsity tennis captain Ezra Faulkner was supposed to be homecoming king, but that was before--before his girlfriend cheated on him, before a car accident shattered his leg, and before he fell in love with unpredictable new girl Cassidy Thorpe. As Kirkus said in a starred review, Schneider takes familiar stereotypes and infuses them with plenty of depth. Here are teens who could easily trade barbs and double entendres with the characters that fill John Green's novels. Funny, smart, and including everything from flash mobs to blanket forts to a poodle who just might be the reincarnation of Jay Gatsby, The Beginning of Everything is a refreshing contemporary twist on the classic coming-of-age novel--a heart-wrenching sto...
Out in the school play yard, the ghost girl Louisa was in tears. She had been hunted for more than a century by the mean ghost of Pirate Shark Tooth. The ghost pirate had found her. She was trapped with the bad ghost pirate in the school play yard. The ghost girl Louisa was scared and her only hope was ... Jenna. Eight-year old Jenna, meanwhile, could only watch the ghost scene in helpless terror. She had called the ghost of her dead cousin Vincent. He had come back from the dead with beautiful white wings like that of an angel's, but he had not yet come to help the ghost girl Louisa. Would Vincent come in time to save the day?The team of Vincent and Jenna was tested once more. And the story of Pirate Shark Tooth and the ghost girl Louisa held a surprise. Jenna's sympathy for the ghost girl Louisa brought back old memories too. Jenna's memories transported her back to three years ago ... to the times she was mean to Vincent. Also she remembered the first few times Vincent came back to see her after he died. Jenna even vividly remembered the first bad ghost that the team of Jenna and Vincent vanquished together.And, most importantly, Jenna remembered how the team of Jenna and Vincent came about. It started when Jenna got a Ghost Wish.
Product details
- Paperback | 164 pages
- 152 x 229 x 10mm | 249g
- 13 Dec 2018
- Independently Published
- English
- Illustrations, black and white
- 179133931X
- 9781791339319
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