  | Ghost job Author: Van Eekhout, Greg | |
| Price: $23.98 | ||
Summary:
Zenith and her friends were thick as thieves long before an unfortunate lab accident sent them careening into the afterlife. So when they hear about a machine that could return them to the land of the living, they are determined to steal it.
| Accelerated Reader Information: Interest Level: MG Reading Level: 4.80 Points: 5.0 Quiz: 522217 |
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (08/01/23)
Booklist (08/08/23)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 08/08/2023 In this latest caper from the ingenious van Eekhout, the discovery that a local necromancer has a device that revives the dead spurs four San Diego seventh-graders killed in a school-lab accident to plan a daring heist. As said necromancer commands cutting-edge ghost-catching tech as well as spectral hounds and other unexpected allies, things don’t go smoothly at all. But, as it turns out, there’s a whole ectoplasmic community willing to help deal just deserts to the bad guy and that, along with the four teens’ complementary ghostly powers and strong bonds of loyalty, proves enough to get the job done—in a way that leaves the racially diverse quartet poised to continue a life (er, afterlife) of crime. Readers will enjoy the banter, which occasionally steers into some deep territory (“‘Is this all a computer simulation? Am I just a globule of algae in a test tube dreaming he’s a human being? What am I, Zenith? Can you answer me that?’ ‘You’re a dork,’ said Vanessa. ‘Does that help?’ ‘It’s a start.’”) as much as the topsy-turvy action. - Copyright 2023 Booklist.
