Croak
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · March 20, 2012
A Young Adult pick for readers exploring Croak.
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- Who it’s for
- A darkly playful supernatural setup gives one teenager’s hunger for justice a sharper edge.
- Themes
- Life after death, Justice versus vengeance, Family business
- Genres
- Paranormal & Supernatural for Teens, YA Mysteries, YA Fantasy
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Fed up with her wild behavior, sixteen-year-old Lex’s parents ship her off to upstate New York to live with her Uncle Mort for the summer, hoping that a few months of dirty farm work will whip her back into shape. But Uncle Mort’s true occupation is much dirtier than shoveling manure. He’s a Grim Reaper. And he’s going to teach Lex the family business.
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She quickly assimilates into the peculiar world of Croak, a town populated by reapers who deliver souls from this life to the next. But Lex can’t stop her desire for justice—or is it vengeance?—whenever she encounters a murder victim, craving to stop the attackers before they can strike again. Will she ditch Croak and go rogue with her reaper skills?
Grim Summer Work
A darkly playful supernatural setup gives one teenager’s hunger for justice a sharper edge.
Come here for
- A teen learning the family trade from a Grim Reaper
- The uneasy line between justice and vengeance
Expect
- A peculiar town of soul-guiding reapers
- Supernatural thrills with a darkly playful streak
Where it sits
| Paranormal & Supernatural for Teens | 61% |
|---|---|
| YA Fantasy | 45% |
| YA Mysteries | 31% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Adventure
- YA Alternative Family Stories
- YA Sibling Stories
- YA Fantasy
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- YA Horror
- Funny YA
- YA Mysteries
- Contemporary YA Romance
- Authors
- Gina Damico
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- March 20, 2012
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Life after death · Justice versus vengeance · Family business
- Reading lane
- YA Adventure