Deschutes Public Library

Ghosted, a Northanger Abbey novel, Amanda Quain

eng

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Ages 13-18, Wednesday Books

fiction

Ghosted

1340646756

Amanda Quain

a Northanger Abbey novel

"Never Have I Ever meets The X-Files in this gender-bent contemporary retelling of the Jane Austen classic Northanger Abbey. Hattie Tilney isnt a believer. Yes, shes a senior at Americas most (allegedly) haunted high school, Northanger Abbey. But after her paranormal-loving dad passed away, she hung up her Ghostbusters suit, put away the EMF detectors, and moved on. She has enough to worry about in the land of the living like taking care of her younger brother, Liam, while their older sister spirals and their mother, Northangers formidable headmistress, buries herself in work. If Hattie just tires hard enough and keeps that overachiever mask on tight through graduation, maybe her mom will finally notice her. But the mask starts slipping when Hatties assigned to be an ambassador to Kit Morland, whos just transferred to Northanger on what else a ghost-hunting scholarship. The two are paired up for an investigative project on the schools paranormal activity, and they quickly strike a deal: Kit will present whatever ghostly evidence he can find to prove that the campus is haunted, and Hattie will prove its not. But as they explore the abandoned tunnels and foggy graveyards of Northanger, Hattie starts to realize that Kit might be the kind of person who makes her want to believe in something and someone for the first time. With her signature wit and slow-burn romance, Amanda Quain turns another Austen classic on its head in this sparkling retelling that proves sometimes the ghosts are just a metaphor after all." --, Inside front jacket flap

adolescent