Damico, Gina. Croak. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012. Print. ISBN 978-0-547-60832-7; Paperback; $8.99.
Annotation:
Lex is angry and out of control so she gets shipped to the country to live with her uncle Mort where she can put her skills to use, as a Grim Reaper.
Book Talk:
Lex Bartleby used to be a good girl but all that has changed. Sarcastic, volatile, prone to smashing people in the face, Lex is on her last straw with school authorities when her parents send her off to visit her weird uncle Mort in the country to see if she can sort out her "anger issues." Instead of chanting Kumbaya and churning butter, Lex quickly learns that Croak, the tiny town where Mort lives, is the home of reapers who haunt the dead and Lex is there to learn the family business. Now that Lex has an explanation for her sudden fascination with death and endless anger, what will happen when she is turned loose with the power to take lives without seeming consequence? Is Lex even a little too hardcore for the residents of Croak?
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Teen quote:
"Anyone will love this book."
~Marie, 16.
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