With paranormal fiction currently dominating the Young Adult sections of bookstores everywhere, it's refreshing to come across a book that's not reminiscent of the vampire trend. My So-Called Afterlife, which was released in February, is the debut novel by Tamsyn Murray, and tells the story of fifteen-year-old ghost Lucy Shaw. The book is said to be hilarious, so we can't wait to read it! Here's the blurb...
I knew it was time to move on when a tramp peed on my Uggs..." Meet Lucy Shaw. She's not your average fifteen year old - for a start, she's dead. And as if being a ghost wasn't bad enough, she's also trapped haunting the men's toilets on Carnaby Street. So when a lighting engineer called Jeremy walks in and she realises he can see and hear her, she isn't about to let him walk out of her afterlife. Not least until he's updated her on what's happening in her beloved soaps. With Jeremy's help, Lucy escapes the toilet and is soon meeting up with other ghosts, including the perpetually enraged Hep and the snogtastic Ryan. But when Jeremy suggests Lucy track down the man who murdered her, things go down hill. Can Lucy face up to the events of that terrible night? And what will it cost her if she does?
A wonderful debut novel which, as well as being laugh-out-loud funny, is full of insights, compassion, and love
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