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The Taking of Jake Livingston

The Taking of Jake Livingston

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Publisher's Synopsis

A New York Times bestseller Get Out meets Holly Jackson in this YA social thriller where survival is not guaranteed. Sixteen-year-old Jake Livingston sees dead people everywhere. But he can't decide what's worse: being a medium forced to watch the dead play out their last moments on a loop or being at the mercy of racist teachers as one of the few Black students at St Clair Prep. Both are a living nightmare he wishes he could wake up from. But things at St Clair start looking up with the arrival of another Black student - the handsome Allister - and for the first time, romance is on the horizon for Jake. Unfortunately, life as a medium is getting worse. Though most ghosts are harmless, Sawyer Doon wants much more from Jake. In life, Sawyer was a troubled teen who shot and killed six kids at a local high school before taking his own life. Now he's a powerful, vengeful ghost and he has plans for Jake. High school has become a different kind of survival game - one Jake is not sure he can win.

About the Publisher

Andersen Press

Andersen Press, founded in 1976, publishes some of the most well known and best loved names in the world of children's books. These include David McKee, the creator of Elmer the patchwork elephant Tony Ross, who has given us the Little Princess Ruth Brown, whose books include classics such as A Dark Dark Tale and The Big Sneeze Michael Foreman, creator of Jack's Fantastic Voyage and One World Max Velthuijs whose Frog series has sold in 25 languages and Colin McNaughton, whose Preston Pig series are among Andersen's bestselling titles worldwide.

Book information

ISBN: 9781839132506
Publisher: Andersen Press Ltd
Imprint: Andersen Press
Pub date:
Edition: Paperback original
DEWEY: 813.6
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 246
Weight: 210g
Height: 129mm
Width: 195mm
Spine width: 19mm