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The Ghosts of Heaven
The Ghosts of Heaven
Reviewed by: Brooke Faulkner - McArthur Public Library, Biddeford, Southern Maine Library District
Review Date: February 9, 2016
Review
This collection of four stories from different points in time - the first a free verse tale told from the perspective of a young cave dwelling woman; the second about a girl accused of witchcraft in historic England; the third set in the early 1900s in an asylum; and the fourth far in the future aboard a space craft - are loosely linked together with the employ of a recurring spiral symbol. Meditating on larger questions of the human condition and featuring lovely, evocative phrasing, this is a work epic in its themes but concise in format - not a single word seeming out of place or wasted. Winner of a 2016 Printz Honor Award, it will be best appreciated by sophisticated teen readers and adults.
Overall Book Score: excellent
About the Book
Author:
Sedgwick, Marcus
Illustrator: ,
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Book Type: chapter book fiction
Genre: science fiction,realistic fiction,historical fiction,fiction in verse / poetry
Audience: grades 7-9,grades 10-12,adult / professional
Binding Type: trade edition
Binding Quality: fair
ISBN: 9781626721258
Price: 17.99