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What a great book! It's a ghost story and a love story. Mallory Meer dies in the General Slocum steamship disaster, I didn't even know there was such a thing and I live in Manhattan! Anyway, Mallory dies along with 1,000 other people and she spends the book as a ghost looking over the people involved in the disaster and making sure that justice prevails.
There's a twist to the book and it's great, I liked that the author didn't use simple language, I mean he uses some really great language in here that brings you right into the story. I think it's an intriguing story that keeps you on edge and teaches you something historical too. I could relate to Mallory and many of the teenagers in the book, I guess nothing has changed in a hundred years. I think everyone would really enjoy reading this, even if you aren't a teenager.
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zora31, August 31, 2006
What a great book! It's a ghost story and a love story. Mallory Meer dies in the General Slocum steamship disaster, I didn't even know there was such a thing and I live in Manhattan! Anyway, Mallory dies along with 1,000 other people and she spends the book as a ghost looking over the people involved in the disaster and making sure that justice prevails.There's a twist to the book and it's great, I liked that the author didn't use simple language, I mean he uses some really great language in here that brings you right into the story. I think it's an intriguing story that keeps you on edge and teaches you something historical too. I could relate to Mallory and many of the teenagers in the book, I guess nothing has changed in a hundred years. I think everyone would really enjoy reading this, even if you aren't a teenager.
(5 of 8 readers found this comment helpful)