Book Review: Give Up the Ghost by Megan Crewe (178)

Give Up the Ghost by Megan Crewe

ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT

I won this book on LibraryThing and would highly recommend it to all teens. Give Up the Ghost brings up important issues in all teens lives: alcoholism, suicide, loss of a loved one and angst. This is not to say that the book is a downer and most of all it shows how friendship can overcome the feelings of isolation a lot of people have. Even the title sums up the whole book, in order to find yourself and grow, you must give up all the old ghosts that are haunting you. Cass uses ghosts the same way "normal" teens use makeup as a way to hide from real life. When she meets Tim, she realizes that in order to save him and herself, she must literally "give up the ghosts".

Product Description
Cass McKenna much prefers ghosts over “breathers.” Ghosts are uncomplicated and dependable, and they know the dirt on everybody…and Cass loves dirt. She’s on a mission to expose the dirty secrets of the poseurs in her school.
But when the vice president of the student council discovers her secret, Cass’s whole scheme hangs in the balance. Tim wants her to help him contact his recently deceased mother, and Cass reluctantly agrees.
As Cass becomes increasingly entwined in Tim’s life, she’s surprised to realize he’s not so bad—and he needs help more desperately than anyone else suspects. Maybe it’s time to give the living another chance….

About The Author

http://www.megancrewe.com/

Product Details
Reading level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) (September 15, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0805089306
ISBN-13: 978-0805089301