I Text Dead People

Reviewed by: Jeri Fitzpatrick - GNGMS, Gray, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: October 26, 2015

Review

The illustrations are pencil and cartoonish (Nightmare before Christmas) style. The story was well written with strong characterization. Annabel is the new kid in a small town from a poor one room apartment in a large city. Her new home is a run down mansion near a cemetery. She finds a cell phone in the cemetery while on her way to school. She starts getting text messages from dead people. Anna wants to be one of the popular kids so she doesn't want anyone to know where she lives. She makes friends with a couple of girls. Lucy inadvertently dies by bumping her head on a tomb stone while waiting for a boy that she hopes is "the One". She wants Anna to help her... and the trouble begins.

Overall Book Score: very good