Three Quarters Dead
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3.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
This haunting young adult ghost story explores the terrifying consequences of belonging to an ultra-exclusive clique.
“Adolescent egotism and back-stabbing cruelty. . .”—Kirkus Reviews
“A creepy tale middle school girls will die for. . . if they put down their cell phones long enough to read it.”—The Horn Book
Being cool won’t kill her, will it?
When Kerry starts tenth grade at a new school she’s a loner at best, until the three coolest girls in school sweep her away in their glamorous and gossipy group. Kerry scrambles to keep up with the drama of her new friends and suddenly feels as if her life has finally begun. She would do anything to be included. When her three new friends are killed in a horrifying car crash, her life seems over as well. But then the texts begin. . . .
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Peck never writes a book that is less than a page-turner, and this paranormal horror story captures the extremes of joy and dread, belonging and ostracism that are the core of the high school experience. Fifteen-year-old Kerry Williamson is new at prestigious suburban Pondfield High and doesn't expect much. Her status is transformed the day Tanya, Natalie, and Makenzie the coolest, prettiest junior and senior girls welcome her into their clique ("I'd moved from reality to a reality show, and what could be better?"), although a place in this charmed circle doesn't guarantee the respect of its rulers. A fatal accident just weeks before prom steals all the magic away until an impossible text message tells Kerry that, just maybe, not everything has been lost. Kerry's voice is wistful, vulnerable, and would-be sophisticated, and the excuses she gives for her compromises ring both hollow and true. Perhaps because of this realism, the sudden escalation of fantastic horror in the last third of the book comes across as a pat resolution. Nevertheless, the story keeps its hold on readers to the very end. Ages 12 up.
