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Death

October 19, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Take 5: Death Comes Knocking (YA lit featuring the Grim Reaper and Necromancers)

Croak by Gina Damico Tired and desperate from a wide variety of behavior issues, Lex’s parent send her for some rehabilitation with dear old uncle Mort – who, it turns out, is a grim reaper.  It turns out, some of Lex’s problem behaviors may mean she is the perfect teen for the job. Something Deadly […]

October 18, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Reaper Review: The Wrap-Up List by Steven Arntson

“Dear Gabriela, You’ve been chosen for departure.  How about next Wednesday?  That gives you a week. Save a dance for me.– Hercule” Some people die, others simply depart.  They are escorted by death from this life into the afterlife.  The process is pretty straightforward:  they send you a notice, you write a wrap-up list, and […]

May 29, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Top 10 Tuesday: From Beyond the Grave

In the end, life inevitably always ends in death. Death and taxes you know.  A lot of teens can avoid the taxes part, but they often get to the death part too early, especially in teen fiction.  But death is a funny thing, and you don’t always stay dead.  Or you hang out in limbo […]

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