The Haunted (The Hollow, Book 2) - Hardcover

Verday, Jessica

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 141697895X ISBN 13: 9781416978954

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2010

Synopsis

An impossible truth. An impossible love.

After a summer spent reclaiming her sanity and trying to forget the boy she fell in love with--the boy who must not exist, cannot exist, because she knows that he is dead--Abbey returns to Sleepy Hollow, ready to leave the ghosts of her past behind. She throws herself into her schoolwork, her perfume-making, and her friendship with Ben, her cute and funny lab partner, who just might be her ticket to getting over Caspian once and for all.

But Abbey can never get over Caspian, and Caspian has no choice but to return to her side, for Caspian is a Shade, and Abbey is his destiny. They are tied not only to each other, but also to the town of Sleepy Hollow, and to the famous legend that binds their fates--a legend whose dark truths they are only beginning to guess....

“Spectacular! The Hollow keeps you reading from beginning to end without coming up for air.” --L.J. Smith, bestselling author of The Vampire Diaries and Night World

About this title

About the Author

Jessica Verday is the New York Times best-selling author of The Hollow trilogy, The Beautiful and the Damned, and Of Monsters & Madness. She believes a shoe isn't a shoe unless it has a three-inch heel, and nothing beats a great pair of boots. When not daydreaming about moving into a library of her own, she can be found working on her next story, stalking antique stores, or buying vintage furniture. 

Find out more at jessicaverday.com.

From the Back Cover

"Caspian didn't answer; instead he turned on the radio. A violin wept in sadness. "Don't you know, my love?" a female voice crooned, soft and full of emotion. "Would you die, my love? I am waiting, waiting for you. These ashes turned bone. Waiting, waiting for you. Waiting...waiting for you."

As the violin echoed the singer's dying last words, Caspian turned his gaze to mine and looked straight into my eyes. "I'm waiting, waiting for you."

Reviews

This darker follow-up to The Hollow (2009) opens with 17-year-old Abbey Browning still mourning the death of her best friend, Kristen, and reeling from the discovery that her boyfriend, Caspian, is actually a ghost. Abbey initially resists Caspian, whose otherworldly status can only cause heartbreak; but as Abbey and Caspian fall deeper in love, they uncover Kristen’s murderer and learn the true meaning of “soul mates.” Verday deviates from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, which she ambitiously tried to integrate into the first book, to introduce some sinister new characters who heighten the suspense of this drawn-out sequel. Grades 8-11. --Kimberly Garnick

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PREFACE


I was so lost when Kristen left. When she died. Then Caspian found me. I got to know him. Fell in love with him. He helped me deal with the fact that my best friend was never coming back. And when I found out that she’d been keeping so much hidden from me, he helped me try to understand.

But he had a secret too. A secret he should have told me from the beginning. Now I don’t even know if he’s real, or if I dreamt him up to help me process the pain. I can’t stay away from Sleepy Hollow forever.

Will he be waiting for me?

© 2010 Jessica Miller

Edition details

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 141697895X
• ISBN 13: 9781416978954
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 480