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Adele Griffin
When 17-year-old Jamie arrives on the idyllic New England island of Little Bly to work as a summer au pair, she is stunned to learn of the horror that precedes her. Seeking the truth surrounding a young couple's tragic deaths, Jamie discovers that she herself looks shockingly like the dead girl—and that she has a disturbing ability to sense the two ghosts. Why is Jamie's connection to the couple so intense? What really happened last summer at Little Bly? As the secrets of the house wrap tighter and tighter around her, Jamie must navigate the increasingly blurred divide between the worlds of the living and the dead. Brilliantly plotted, with startling twists, here is a thrilling page-turner from the award-winning Adele Griffin.
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Genre: 

  • Fiction

Age Level: 

  • 12 and up
Tighter review by JXi
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JXi

Seventeen-year-old Jaime goes to the queer yet scenic island of Little Bly as an au pair for the summer. At first it seems like the perfect summer job; she lives in a mansion, and her charge, Isa, is the most adorable little girl. However, things go downhill from there for Jaime. First, she starts seeing the ghosts of her dead uncles again. Then, she finds out that she looks uncannily like Isa's dead au pair. What started out as the ideal summer job for Jaime turns out to be her worst nightmare.

Rating:
4
Content Rating:

Content rating - mature content
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Tighter review by ESmi0811
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ESmi0811

The tragic ending of Jamie's junior year left her with memories of an ex-boyfriend and a pill addiction. Left to depression, Jamie is haunted by dreams of Uncle Jim and Hank who both committed suicide. Her mother, in a poor attempt to save her daughter, gets her a job watching a little girl named Isa on the island of Little Bly. After getting there Jamie soon discovers that the last sitter, Jessie, and her boyfriend Peter died in a plane crash. She is soon convinced that Peter never truly left Isa's summer home.

Rating:
4
Content Rating:

Content rating - nothing offensive
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