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The taking of Jake Livingston / Ryan Douglass.

Douglass, Ryan, (author.).

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  • ISBN: 9781984812537
  • ISBN: 198481253X
  • Physical Description: 244 pages ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2021]

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Summary, etc.:
"When a murderous ghost begins to haunt sixteen-year-old Jake Livingston, high school soon becomes a different kind of survival game"-- Provided by publisher.
Jake Livingston is one of the few Black kids at St. Clair Prep, one of the others being his infinitely more popular older brother. To make matters worse and definitely more complicated, Jake can see the dead. In fact he sees the dead around him all the time. Most are harmless: stuck in their death loops as they relive their deaths over and over again, they don't interact often with people. But Sawyer was a troubled teen who shot and killed six kids at a local high school last year before taking his own life. Now a powerful, vengeful ghost, he has plans for his afterlife- plans that include Jake. -- adapted from jacket and Goodreads info
Target Audience Note:
Ages 12+ G. P. Putnam's Sons.
Grades 7-9 G. P. Putnam's Sons.
Subject: Mediums > Fiction.
Survival > Fiction.
Mediums > Fiction.
Ghosts > Fiction.
Preparatory school students > Fiction.
School shootings > Fiction.
Atlanta (Ga.) > Fiction.
Survival > Fiction.
Genre: Ghost stories.
Novels.

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  • 20 of 20 copies available at Bibliomation.

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  • 0 current holds with 20 total copies.
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Howard Whittemore Library - Naugatuck YA FIC DOUGLASS, RYAN (Text) 34027150966342 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Lyman Memorial High School FIC DOU (Text)
Genre: Supernatural
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Milford Public Library DOUGLASS Ryan (Text) 34013152407188 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Newfield Branch - Bridgeport YA DOUGLASS (Text) 34000151241494 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Oxford Public Library YAH HORROR DOU (Text) 33530149251636 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Plumb Memorial Library - Shelton TEEN 1. DOU (Text) 34025144101497 Teen Fiction Available -
Ridgefield Library TEEN DOUGLASS (Text) 34010153373328 Teen Fiction Available -
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The Taking of Jake Livingston
The Taking of Jake Livingston
by Douglass, Ryan
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The Taking of Jake Livingston


An Instant New York Times Bestseller! Get Out meets Holly Jackson in this YA social thriller where survival is not a guarantee. 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 and Jake is always happy to help them move on to the next place, 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. Suddenly, everything Jake knows about dead world goes out the window as Sawyer begins to haunt him. High school soon becomes a different kind of survival game--one Jake is not sure he can win.

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