SuitabookUtopia, Iowa
Brian Yansky
- Reading
- Try reading a section together, then pause to see whether the ghost mystery or Jack’s personal dilemmas are holding the reader’s attention. Continue from there.
- Themes
- Ghosts and death investigation: A detective’s suspicion complicates Jack’s efforts to investigate the ghosts’ deaths. The supernatural mystery is central to the overview, but it does not show whether the deaths or Jack’s gift are treated as frightening, comic or otherwise.
- Family distance and growing up: Jack is uncertain whether to go to college, against a backdrop of change at home. These pressures are presented as part of Jack’s circumstances; the overview does not establish what causes them or what the story suggests about them.
- Crush on a close friend: Jack’s feelings for Ash may affect their friendship, though the overview does not say how. The crush is part of Jack’s situation, but its treatment and effect on their friendship are not described.
- Worth knowing
- Ghosts ask Jack to investigate mysterious deaths, and he keeps appearing at crime scenes. The overview does not clarify how much detail or menace these situations involve.