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- Growing up in the dark tourism capital of the United States, sixteen-year-old Olive should be comfortable with death.
- 296 Pages
- Young Adult Fiction, Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural
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When sixteen-year-old Olive summons a ghost to find out what happens after people die, she must team up with her maybe-nemesis/maybe-crush, her ex-best friend, and a strange new girl to find his unmarked grave before he loses who he is and becomes a danger to everyone she loves.Book Synopsis
Growing up in the dark tourism capital of the United States, sixteen-year-old Olive should be comfortable with death. But ever since an allergic reaction almost sent her to the wrong side of the grass, she's been terrified that there is no afterlife. And after the death of her surrogate grandmother, Olive has kept everyone at arm's length because if there's Nothing after we die, relationships and love can only end in sorrow.
When she summons a spirit to answer her questions about death, Olive meets Jay, a hitchhiking ghost trapped in the woods behind the poorhouse where he died. Olive agrees to help Jay find his unmarked grave in exchange for answers about the other side and what comes next.
Meanwhile, someone--or something--is targeting Olive's classmates, and the longer Jay lingers, the more serious the attacks become. Blaming herself for having brought Jay back, Olive teams up with maybe-nemesis, maybe-crush Maren, ex-best friend Davis, and new girl Vanessa to free Jay's spirit before he's trapped as a malevolent shade and the attacks turn deadly. But in doing so, Olive must face her fear of death and risk losing another person she loves to the Nothing.
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"White Haven, a town that charmingly celebrates the macabre, also stands out as a place full of chilling contradictions, the horror grounded in real atrocities: stolen native land, paupers' graves, and a testament that the scariest ghost story is local history. Here Lies Olive fits on the shelf next to The Dead and the Dark by Courtney Gould and Prelude for Lost Souls by Helene Dunbar." --Booklist
"Funny with a touch of melodrama . . . . Olive's relatable fears about death carry most of the story, and it is sweetly satisfying to see her resolve her conflicts with Davis and grow into her feelings for Maren. The campy, gothic tone also provides a lot to love in this spooky read for the Wednesday fans." --The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"Anderson presents a fresh, multilayered exploration of grief and trauma set against an engaging supernatural mystery that evokes urban legends and ghost stories in this atmospheric debut." --Publishers Weekly, starred review
"A creative and surprising mixture of upbeat and macabre make for an engaging read." --Kirkus Reviews
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