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    Shade (Hardback) By (author) Jeri Smith-Ready

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    Short Description for Shade Sixteen-year-old Aura of Baltimore, Maryland, reluctantly works at her aunt's law firm helping ghosts with wrongful death cases file suits in hopes of moving on, but it becomes personal when her boyfriend, a promising musician, dies and persistently haunts her.
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  • Reviewed by Andrea for TeensReadToo.com5

    TeensReadToo In SHADE by Jeri Smith-Ready, Aura was born post-Shift, which means that she can see ghosts and Shades (ghosts who have gotten really mad). She hates being able to do this and would give anything to stop it.

    Until her boyfriend Logan's birthday comes around, and instead of it being a great day, it turns horrific when he dies. But since she can see ghosts, she can still see Logan. So it's almost like having her boyfriend still there - but not quite.

    Aura meets a new friend, Zachary, who understands what she is going through and is a big piece to the Shift puzzle. But with both Logan and Zachary in her life, which one will she turn to in the end?

    I thought this book was so unique. The premise that people born after the Shift can see ghosts is so creative! I was hooked on the story right from the beginning.

    SHADE brought out a lot of emotions in me. There were times when I was saying "How can she do that when Logan has only been dead for a little while?" and then at the end, I was definitely teary eyed.

    The book ended on a cliffhanger. I want more! I want to know what happens next! And there are still so many questions that I have. Who are Aura's parents? Why was she the first baby born after the Shift? And a bunch more that I don't want to say so I won't spoil the story.

    The sequel, SHIFT, comes out in May 2011, and I can't wait to get my hands on it! by TeensReadToo

  • tear jerker3

    Cherry Tear jerker. Character development is good and right at the start I could really sympathize with the female protagonist for the pain she was going through. The author gives us characters who lingers in my head long after I finished reading the book. The author also weaves a convincing world where ghosts feels real to the reader. I would give the "suspension of disbelief" a 4.5 out of 5. The story itself though does not seem to have any clear structure where there is a central conflict and a climax. I'd give the story a 1.5. The book feels like a simple retelling of events. I didn't want a history class, I want a story with a beginning, middle and an end. The end therefore did not sufficiently close the story because there wasn't much of a story dilemma to close with. And it was sort of a cliffhanger. I would give the ending a 2. The author knows how to play emotional manipulation with the reader though and I cried at the end. But this does not compensate for the fact that the story lacks a strong dilemma centrepoint. I would give the storytelling quality a 3.5. by Cherry

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