![]() ![]() The kids who got shunned, or gossiped about, or taunted, or all three. Why would a teenager turn her back on the living in favor of the dead? Think about your own high school experiences–is it so hard to imagine? I’m sure even those of us who had a relatively pleasant time saw others who didn’t. And it was in answering why that the story came to life. ![]() I knew she actually preferred hanging out with ghosts instead of the living. They were scared of the ghosts, or they felt that dealing with them was a hassle. Characters who could talk to the dead in other stories almost always seemed to hate their talent. In fact, everything about it was everyday except for the fact that the sister was a ghost. There was a teenaged girl sitting in her bedroom, chatting with her older sister about everyday things: clothes, school, parties. If you go back to the very beginning, Give Up the Ghost started not with an idea but with an image that popped into my head. Crewe’s debut young adult novel Give Up the Ghost turns the ordinary conventions of “I see dead people!” upside down, and puts it in a context where someone with the ability might start seeing all sorts of advantages to seeing ghosts… at least at first. Seems a bit of a waste to me.Īnd, critically, to Megan Crewe as well. ![]() I’ve always thought: Why? Dude, you’re seeing into a secret world of the dead. Ghosts: Let’s face it, most people who see them (in novels and such), aren’t generally happy about the fact. ![]()
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