Wednesday Thomas sees ghosts. But that doesn't mean she has to talk to them.
After a terrifying experience in an Arizona state park with a wicked ghost, Wednesday and her mother Olivia sell their RV and move back south to the family home in Alton, Georgia. Wednesday's determined not to use her gift anymoreâuntil she meets a group of girls who also know about the spirit realm.
There's free-spirited Miki Okada and Southern belle Danni-Lynn Porter who seem to know about the ghosts who roam the school's hallways, popular girl Alexa Scott who tells Wednesday to stay away from Miki and Danni-Lynn and not draw attention to herself, and mysterious neighbor Violet Delgado who died last year but still haunts the house across the street. Wednesday feels these girls have some kind of shared history, but it isn't until Miki gives her an official invitation to the Dead Club that she starts to understand there's a lot more going on with the ghosts in Alton and the girls who can see them.
And when another malevolent ghost threatens to harm Wednesday, it will take the help of new friends both living and dead to save her and banish the evil being to the spirit realm where it belongs.
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Publisher's Weekly
Starred review from May 20, 2024
A Black tween with a supernatural gift determines to banish a terrifying specter from her new town in this hair-raising, American Southâset horror novel by Strong (Edenâs Everdark). After fleeing a wicked ghost in Las Vegas, Wednesday Thomas and her artist mother travel to Alton, Ga., where Wednesday was born. Now the
seventh grader is enrolled in Noble Middle School and living in her nanaâs family home, âwhich doesnât look haunted.â Wednesday tries hard not to stand out,
but her attempts are dashed when she makes a spectacle at lunch after discovering that she can see ghostsâand that her school is haunted. While navigating her newfound powers, Wednesday learns that she is protected by Lodestar, a âguiding lightâ that prevents Wednesday and her family from being possessed by spirits. As Halloween creeps closer, sheâs approached by classmatesÂâeach of whom has their own secretsâwho invite Wednesday to be part of their covert paranormal mystery-solving group, the Dead Club. Strong uses tight plotting, fully fleshed out characters, and eerie and empathetic prose to examine themes of legacy and friendship, and deliver a smartly conceived mystery. Ages 8â12. Agent: Patrice Caldwell, New Leaf
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Kirkus
July 15, 2024
After moving into her late grandmother's haunted home, a girl attempts to make friends while hiding her inherited powers as a paranormal medium. Despite her newfound anxiety over her gift following a near-fatal spectral encounter, Black seventh grader Wednesday Thomas sees and interacts with ghosts every day, everywhere she goes. These spirits include harmless wisp and guide ghosts; she tries to avoid the wicked ones--malevolent, violent shape-shifters who terrorize both the living and the dead. But Wednesday must face her fears when she's invited to join the top-secret Dead Club at school. She agrees to help new buddies Miki Okada and Danni-Lynn Porter communicate with Violet Delgado, their recently deceased friend, who appeared to them on Halloween, desperate for help. Although she's warned away from the group by estranged member Alexa Scott and unnerved by her own growing sense of dread about a sinister force watching her, Wednesday attempts to fulfill Violet's final wish with the help of her new crew. While the story, which features a racially diverse cast, includes dark and scary moments, the heavy themes are buoyed by representations of strong familial support and protective, loving friendships that endure even through conflict. Wednesday displays bravery, compassion, and creativity in overcoming both life challenges and nefarious spirits. A strongly characterized paranormal coming-of-age story that grapples with relatable issues.(Paranormal. 8-12)COPYRIGHT(2024) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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