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Thursday, June 21, 2012

TIGHTER












Author (last name first):
Griffen, Adele
Publisher, Date of Publication: 
Knopf Books for Young Readers/2011 
Grade Level/ or Age Level:  
9th and Up
Classification: 
Fiction 



In the beginning 17-year old Jamie explains that she has an injury that requires her to take prescription medication and she states that she isn't a addict. When her parents send her to work for a family friend, she steals a bag full of any kind of medication she can from her parents' medicine cabinet. When she arrives on the tranquil New England island of Little Bly to work as a summer nanny to Isa a family friend's daughter. Jamie is taken back to learn of the horror that awaits her. Seeking the truth surrounding a young couple's tragic deaths, Jamie discovers that she herself looks shockingly like the dead girl. She has an alarming ability to sense ghosts as the secrets of the house encloses around her.Will Jamie solve the fuzzy divide between the blurry medication hazes and the worlds of the living and dead? 
Adele Griffin's book was a brilliant page-turner and the startling twists make you want to read more. The cover is dazzling and makes you want to dive in as soon as you look at it. There is an AR test available for this book as well. 

Reviewed By: Lila Davis     
(Night Manager in Circulation Department at Midwestern State University)

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