基本信息; 作者; Jeannine Garsee (Author) paperback: 389 pages Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens; 1 edition (July 17, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 1599907232 ISBN-13: 978-1599907239 Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.3 x 8.5 inches Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
When Rinn Jacobs moves to a new town she hopes it will be a fresh start-a place where nobody knows about her past. At first, everything goes according to plan. She falls in with the popular girls at her new school and falls for the very cute boy-next-door Nate. But River Hills High School has a secret. The ghost of a girl who died back when Rinn's mom was a student supposedly haunts a hallway. Rinn's not sure she believes it, but when strange things start happening to her friends, Rinn decides there's only one way to know for sure. She needs to ditch her bipolar meds and see what the voices are really trying to say...
Fans of films like Black Swan will be fascinated by this psychological thriller.
From School Library Journal Gr 8 Up-After a series of traumatic events, Rinn Jacobs and her mother move from southern California to her mother's hometown in Ohio. While the Midwest is not immediately a perfect fit for Rinn, she is hoping for a fresh start now that her meds have evened out her bipolar disorder and she is no longer deemed a threat to herself and others. But when townspeople disappear; teens start dying; and otherwise sane people snap, including some of Rinn's new friends and her own mother, Rinn starts to question her hard-won sanity-especially when all of the events point her toward an unlikely source: a vengeful ghost haunting the school and causing chaos. The line between mental illness and demonic possession is the central conflict in the novel, which is both fascinating and a bit irresponsible. Rinn must go off her meds in order to connect with the ghost. At one point, she questions how far a reach the ghost has, which calls into question her own bipolar episodes. Nonetheless, despite some unexplored characters (why is one girl so mean, for example), some unnecessary verbiage (it takes Rinn much too long to figure out what she and her friends have in common), and some details that don't quite go anywhere, fans of Lauren Myracle's horror novels, such as Bliss (2008) or Rhymes with Witches (2005, both Abrams), and the "Final Destination" movie series will enjoy this psychological ghost story.-Jennifer Miskec, Longwood University, Farmville, VAα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Review “The Unquiet is a swirling, marvelous journey into madness... or out of it. You decide.” ―Lisa McMann, New York Times bestselling author of the Wake trilogy and Cryer's Cross
“Filled with romance, madness, and dangerous ghosts, The Unquiet is a haunting read you shouldn't miss.” ―Melissa Marr, New York Times bestselling author of the Wicked Lovely series
“Garsee plays on our worst psychological insecurities in this eerie depiction....The authentic setting and breezy teenage repartee make the pool deaths, the bizarre parent personality changes, and the bully revenge even spookier. The Unquiet is a paranormal page-turner that will leave readers guessing as to what's real and what's imaginary, even after they close the book for the final time.” ―Booklist
About the Author JEANNINE GARSEE is the author of Before, After, and Somebody In Between and Say the Word. She never wanted to be anything except a writer--until she fell under a strange, insidious spell and found herself in the nursing profession instead. Now in addition to writing, she works as a psychiatric nurse in an inner-city hospital.
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