Gibson, Marley. Ghost Huntress: The Awakening. Graphia. May 2009. ISBN: 978-0-547-15093-2. Gr 7–10.
-- School Library Journal, 6/17/2009
Ghost Hunters is a book that encompasses layers of strangeness, humor, and conflict that all teens experience. Teen Kendall Moorehead begins to connect with the spirit world, and together with a band of other oddities from her school, she tries to unlock more about what is going on in the small town that she lives in.The family dynamics in Ghost Hunters are absolutely phenomenal. In the teen genre, there aren't too many books that so well capture the difficulties and conflicts that arise with a teenager and her family, including how a family can be a very powerful support when needed most. I thought that the whole “friend getting mad at friend for dating some boy” plot line was a bit used up in this story. Although I must admit, it may have been inevitable since the romance was a large plot point.
I absolutely loved the creepy doodles that were on the cover against a backdrop of dark blues, purples, and blacks. However, it slightly annoyed me that the focus of the cover was a photograph where the rest was a drawing, as it felt slightly unbalanced.—Rachel B., age 17The Interesting Reader Society (IRS--"teens, not taxes!"), is a library teen advisory and reading group of teens in grades 6-12 from throughout the Poudre River Public Library District in Fort Collins, Colorado. Currently, there are about 40 members with an average of 25 teens per monthly meeting. IRS is also one of the fifteen 2009-2010 national teen reading group appointees for the Teens' Top Ten/YA Galley project of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA).
