Living in St. Jude, a 110-year-old dying city on the edge of the Mississippi, is tough. But when a letter informs fourteen-year-old Cinque Williams...
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Jul 25, 2011
Cyberiasha
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Picking up the Ghost was a pleasant surprise. I will admit that I found it hard to get into at the beginning. It starts out slow as it depicts the barron almost destitute town of St. Jude, however, Cinque holds the story together and his path of self discovery is one for the ages. Cinque is a young man unclear of his origins and unclear of himself. His town is one that has seen good times but similar to many other factory towns saw its own demise with the closure of the nearby plant. This t
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Jul 08, 2011
Tahlia
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Picking up the Ghost is an unusual and fascinating story about the search for identity and inner strength cleverly written in a way that is entertaining and accessible for teens.
Living in St. Jude, a 110-year-old dying city on the edge of the Mississippi, is tough. But when a letter informs fourteen-year-old Cinque Williams of the passing of the father he never met, he is faced with an incomplete past and an uncertain future. A curse meant for his father condemns Cinque to a slow dea More...
Living in St. Jude, a 110-year-old dying city on the edge of the Mississippi, is tough. But when a letter informs fourteen-year-old Cinque Williams of the passing of the father he never met, he is faced with an incomplete past and an uncertain future. A curse meant for his father condemns Cinque to a slow dea More...
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Jun 20, 2011
Katie
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I received this ARC in e-reader format through Net Galley.
Let me start off by saying that this book had the potential to be something different and good...but in saying that, I believe that it fell short.
There were very awkward sentence structures and a few grammatical errors that really took away from the root of the story. I am hoping the final edit will get some of those taken care of.
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Let me start off by saying that this book had the potential to be something different and good...but in saying that, I believe that it fell short.
There were very awkward sentence structures and a few grammatical errors that really took away from the root of the story. I am hoping the final edit will get some of those taken care of.
You can read a summary of this on Goodreads, so I won't waste time on More...
Feb 08, 2012
Justin
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I enjoyed PICKING UP THE GHOST more than I thought I would. The story of Cinque, a young urban kid, trying to find who he is and where he comes from in a dying city starts off rather slow, and for the first fifty or so pages I struggled to keep reading. But, once Cinque's life is shaken by a traumatic event and he learns of the reality of voodoo, the story picks up steam and starts to ramble forward on more interesting wheels. By the time it was over I was thoroughly enjoying Cinque's story and
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Jun 20, 2011
Tracy
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I have to start by saying that I enjoyed the book. I enjoyed the characters and most of the story. However...(sorry) it was difficult to get through. It took me a very long time to get through this relatavely short book. I found myself wanted to skip ahead to the next part. I also kept feeling like I was missing out on something secret. Maybe inside symbolism that wasn't meant for me but meant something to the author.
I wanted more interaction between the people and less in the other More...
I wanted more interaction between the people and less in the other More...
May 10, 2011
I liked it.
But I'm not the kind to give myself 5 stars.
But I'm not the kind to give myself 5 stars.
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