ISBN |
9781839132506 (paperback) |
Name |
Douglass, Ryan author. |
Title |
The taking of Jake Livingston / Ryan Douglass. |
Published |
London : Andersen Press Limited, 2022. |
©2021 |
Description |
246 pages ; 20 cm. |
Notes |
First published in New York by G.P. Putnam's Sons 2021. |
"Fear will find you..." -- Cover. |
Summary |
Sixteen-year-old Jake Livingston sees dead people everywhere. But he can't decide what's worse: being a medium forced to watch the dead play out their last moments on a loop or being at the mercy of racist teachers as one of the few Black students at St Clair Prep. Both are a living nightmare he wishes he could wake up from. But things at St Clair start looking up with the arrival of another Black student, the handsome Allister and for the first time, romance is on the horizon for Jake. Unfortunately, life as a medium is getting worse. Though most ghosts are harmless, Sawyer Doon wants much more from Jake. In life, Sawyer was a troubled teen who shot and killed six kids at a local high school before taking his own life. Now he's a powerful, vengeful ghost and he has plans for Jake. High school has become a different kind of survival game, one Jake is not sure he can win. |
Target audience note |
Ages 14+. |
Not suitable for younger readers. |
Subjects |
African American teenage boys -- Juvenile fiction |
African American gays -- Juvenile fiction |
Mediums -- Juvenile fiction |
Survival -- Juvenile fiction |
Preparatory school students -- Juvenile fiction |
Prejudices -- Juvenile fiction |
Racism -- Juvenile fiction |
Youth fiction |
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Juvenile fiction |
Genre |
Ghost stories |
Horror fiction |
Thrillers (Fiction) |
Gay fiction |
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