Many of the issues are presented and relationships established too quickly without warranted character development or backstory. Unfortunately, both the narration and the plot execution are uneven. Alternating between Jake’s real-time plight and Sawyer’s journal leading up to his heinous act, this novel tackles mental illness, rejection, and loneliness. Unexpectedly befriended by an unusual student and the new boy at school, Jake finds that he must face the menace that only he knows is supernatural. Jake appears to be a perfect vessel for Sawyer’s rage and terror. Instead of finding peace in death, his spirit reaches for power, justice, and revenge. Sawyer, now dead, shot and killed several classmates and then himself. Gr 7 Up–Jake, who is gay, one of the few Black students at his exclusive private school, and a medium who interacts with spirits, is derided by teachers and bullied by classmates.
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