Three Quarters Dead: Library Edition

Peck, Richard

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9781616572440: Three Quarters Dead: Library Edition

ISBN 10: 1616572442 ISBN 13: 9781616572440

Publisher: Random House, 2010

Kerry is chosen by the coolest clique in school and so she thinks life has finally begun. But then it seems all over when her three friends are killed in a shocking car accident. Or are they? Only weeks after the accident, Kerry receives a text from one of the girls: We're all 3 here at my aunt's in the city. Take the 3:50 train. B there.

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About the Author:

Richard Peck, author of more than thirty novels, is one of the most celebrated children's book writers in the country. He has won the Newbery Medal, the Edgar Award, the Margaret A. Edwards Award, a National Humanities Medal, and twice been a National Book Award finalist, among many other honors. He lives in New York City.

From School Library Journal:

Gr 6-10–Kerry, a sophomore at a top school, spends most of her time alone, feeling invisible. Suddenly and without reason, she is befriended by the three most popular and powerful girls in school. Feeling alive and important, and desperate to keep her new friends happy, she goes along with their pranks and plans, even when they are exceedingly cruel. When a car accident takes the queen bees' lives, Kerry ends up socially dead. But several months after their funerals, she gets a strange text message. The mean girls are back, wanting to go out into the world, and needing her to make that happen. This is a compulsive page-turner. The fast-paced story is chilling on several levels. Kerry's lack of self-confidence allows her to be used horribly, and it is hard to decide which is scarier–her caving in to peer pressure or her spending time with rotting ghosts. Peck can conjure up a scene with details so believable, you can practically smell and taste them. A small flaw is that he never quite nails modern teen girl-speak, which comes across as forced and is mixed up with old-fashioned phrases. But for horror fans seeking a thrill, those details may be trivial. This is a good choice for young teens who have run through all of the Caroline Cooney's or Lois Duncan's books.Geri Diorio, The Ridgefield Library, CT
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