High school soon becomes a different kind of survival game-one Jake is not sure he can win. Suddenly, everything Jake knows about dead world goes out the window as Sawyer begins to haunt him. Now he's a powerful, vengeful ghost and he has plans for Jake. In life, Sawyer was a troubled teen who shot and killed six kids at a local high school before taking his own life. The subject matter can at times be difficult to read about. This book has so much to unpack and was a much deeper story than I expected when I first picked it up. Though most ghosts are harmless and Jake is always happy to help them move on to the next place, Sawyer Doon wants much more from Jake. THE TAKING OF JAKE LIVINGSTON is a fantastic take on paranormal meets thriller meets horror. Unfortunately, life as a medium is getting worse. Clair start looking up with the arrival of another Black student-the handsome Allister-and for the first time, romance is on the horizon for Jake. Both are a living nightmare he wishes he could wake up from. Sixteen-year-old Jake Livingston sees dead people everywhere. But he can't decide what's worse: being a medium forced to watch the dead play out their last moments on a loop or being at the mercy of racist teachers as one of the few Black students at St. Get Out meets Holly Jackson in this YA social thriller where survival is not a guarantee.
This coming-of-age story follows Jake, an 11-year-old boy living in Baltimore, as he navigates through turbulent times, including racial tensions, poverty, and being an orphan. Get Out meets Holly Jackson in this YA social thriller where survival is not a guarantee. The Taking of Jake Livingston is a young adult novel from author Ryan Douglass.
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