![]() ![]() With the help of spirits, guides, and friends Jake is able to pause his identity crises and save himself. Of course, so would he, but circumstances conspire to make him get over that quickly so that he can save himself from evil possession. There are some book heroes that you kind of want to be. And, he can see ghosts–one of which wants to take over his body and kill everybody. His teachers and fellow students bully him in the nasty, covertly racialized way that many of us have dealt with in real life. He’s depressed and probably has some form of PTSD from past abuse. He’s one of only two Black kids at a very white elite private school.(The other is his thug-a-be brother.) He’s a shy queer kid surrounded by homophobes. Jake is also at the intersection of a lot of difficult life positions, and like most YA protagonists, his main goal is to figure himself out. 16 year old Jake Livingston can see ghosts–but that’s not the most interesting thing about this book. ![]()
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