Nothing but Ghosts
By Beth Kephart
(HarperTeen, Hardcover, 9780061667961, 288pp.)
Publication Date: June 4, 2009
Other Editions of This Title: eBook, Library Binding (July 2009)
Categories: Social Issues - Death & Dying, Social Issues - Adolescence, Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories
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Ever since her mother passed away, Katie's been alone in her too-big house with her genius dad, who restores old paintings for a living. Katie takes a summer job at a garden estate, where, with the help of two brothers and a glamorous librarian, she soon becomes embroiled in decoding a mystery. There are secrets and shadows at the heart of Nothing but Ghosts: symbols hidden in a time-darkened painting, and surprises behind a locked bedroom door. But most of all, this is a love story—the story of a girl who learns about love while also learning to live with her own ghosts.
This is a heartfelt, lyrical tale from the National Book Award-nominated author of Undercover and House of Dance.
Beth Kephart was nominated for a National Book Award for her memoir A Slant of Sun. Her first novel for teens, Undercover, received four starred reviews and was named a Best Book by Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, and Amazon.com. In 2005 Beth was awarded the Speakeasy Poetry Prize. She has also written Into the Tangle of Friendship: A Memoir of the Things That Matter; Still Love in Strange Places: A Memoir; Ghosts in the Garden: Reflections on Endings, Beginnings, and the Unearthing of Self; Flow: The Life and Times of Philadelphia's Schuylkill River; Zenobia: The Curious Book of Business; and House of Dance. She lives in Pennsylvania with her family.
Beth Kephart's dazzling new novel is wise and wonderful, certain to be a revelation for young adult readers.
-BookPage.com
Elegantly polished yet tender, with the book deftly illuminating complicated emotions and relationships
-Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review)
Kephart skillfully uses nuanced characters and resonant imagery to make the familiar feel new and magical.
-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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