"An inventive supernatural horror story that blends ghostly chills and revenge with the real-life horrors of discrimination"
Powerfully applying the horror genre to explore racism and homophobia in a high school setting, Ryan Douglass’ The Taking of Jake Livingston is an un-put-down-able, chilling tale for our times.
Sixteen-year-old Jake isn’t exactly your average teenager. He’s a medium, he can see the dead. Ghouls and zombie-like beings appear to him, ectomist seeps into his vision, “snakelike and sinister”. Jake is also one of the few black students at his private high school: “I hate it here. Every time we run warm-ups it’s like there’s a BLACK KID sign blinking above my head like a firetruck light”.
As a result, the arrival of a gorgeous new black student is especially welcome, and brings the promise of romance. But Jake’s visions are worsening, to say the least. While most of the ghouls he sees are harmless, Sawyer Doon’s spirit is vengeful. After killing six students in a high school shoot-out, Sawyer killed himself, and is now set on using Jake to exact revenge.
As an intense and chilling story of survival unfolds at breakneck speed, The Taking of Jake Livingston balances edge-of-your-seat scares and action with emotionally engaging themes.
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. Clair Prep. Both are a living nightmare he wishes he could wake up from. But things at St. 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.
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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.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Taking of Jake Livingston and determined it is suitable for children aged 13-18 years old
The Taking of Jake Livingston features in the following genres: Fantasy / Magical, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Featured Books for 13+ readers, Recommendations, Horror & Ghost Stories, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), PSHE: Multiculturalism, Diversity and Inclusion, PSHE: Sexuality, Gender and Relationships, School Stories, Thrillers, Adventure Stories, Featured Books for Young Adults
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The Taking of Jake Livingston was written by Ryan Douglass and published by Andersen Press Ltd
The Taking of Jake Livingston has 246 pages
£7.19, reduced from £7.99. In Stock.
