Description de l’éditeur
An intrepid high school journalist is determined to uncover a breakthrough story that will prove her talent in this exciting novel from the Newbery Honor award–winning author of Hope Was Here.
“A-peeling all around!”—School Library Journal
“Sharp pacing and an intriguing premise . . . sage women, the elements for a budding romance, and plenty of funny moments.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review
Does this story have a core of truth?
Hildy Biddle is waiting for the chance to prove herself as more than a small-town high school journalist. The trouble is, her town’s biggest story stars a ghost. But while the local paper is playing up townspeople’s fears with shocking headlines of creepy happenings, Hildy is determined to discover what’s really going on. Unfortunately, her desire to uncover the truth is making some people nervous. With rumors swirling and tensions high, can Hildy push past all the buzz and find out the real truth?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bauer's (Hope Was Here) fans will appreciate this diverting novel's shout-out to the author's debut, Squashed, from which she also harvests a few themes. In an upstate New York hamlet known for its apples, aspiring teen journalist Hildy Biddle treasures her staff position on the high school paper, aptly named The Core. She does whatever it takes to find the facts for a story, hoping she is honoring the memory of her late father, a respected local reporter. But when the opportunistic publisher of the town paper whips the citizens into a frenzy with sensational stories of ghosts and eerie happenings, Hildy and her friends are determined to expose the truth which involves a disreputable development company. With sharp pacing and an intriguing premise, Bauer renders a fully realized portrait of a small town dependent on an ever-fragile agricultural economy and threatened by modern encroachment. As always, she stocks her work with strong, sage women, the elements for a budding romance and plenty of funny moments. But it's Hildy readers will remember longest, a smart girl who realistically blends the spunkiness, brains and good humor that is Bauer's stock-in-trade. Ages 12 up.
