I received a PDF.file copy of this
book from the author through Marie Lavender’s Halloween Giveaway and the
following is my honest opinion.
I usually have some difficulty in
following adult novels which fluctuate between the various characters’ POV.
However, Ms. Sprayberry had done a superb job in using this writing technique
in this book.
Mia and Jax had been close friends
for many years but never got around to acknowledge it as being a
girlfriend/boyfriend kind of relationship.
Each year both of their parents would send them off to Camp
WatcheeWatchee as soon ended for the summer. When their parents had missed the
entrance to the camp they decided to get to the camp by walking through the
woods.
When Jax saw Mia walking he decided
to race off in order to beat her getting there, only slowing down after he
hears what sounded like a shot in the woods. He arrived first but after she
didn’t arrive, Jax reported the situation to the camp counselors. After two
days the search got called off, but he felt something was terribly wrong and
made a commitment to himself to find Mia regardless of how long it would take.
Something did happen to Mia, she had been murdered.
As Mia tries to get to the camp
before Jax,she hears a crackling of leaves and snapping of branches, followed a
thump on the ground as her vision blackens.
The following summer Jax is back at
camp vowing to find Mia, who had been deemed a runaway camper the previous
year. However, Jonesy, the senior camp counselor, continuously prevented Jax
from his mission to find her.
Meanwhile, Mia has come to the
realization to her status as an earthbound ghost, and tries repeatedly to get
Jax’s attention so he can come to her at the blowdown her body is located. Once
she’s able to get through the invisible barrier which has prevented her from
getting to the camp itself. After which Jax is able to lead others to the
murder site, and helps to discover the shocking discovery of who the murderer
was.
I hope I haven’t too much of the
story away as this book is one which is hard to put this short read down once
you’ve started to read it.
While I make this book out to
suitable for the middle-grade audience of readers, I feel this book will have
an enjoyable read for children of all ages, and is the reason why I’ve given
the book and the author 5 STARS.
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