Watch Over Me
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4.7 • 16 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
From the Printz Award-winning author of We Are Okay comes a “gripping” (Kirkus Reviews) modern ghost story about an orphan who accepts a remote teaching job in order to try and find her place in the world.
“A painfully compelling gem from a masterful creator.”—Booklist, starred review
“Moving, unsettling, and full of atmospheric beauty.”—School Library Journal, starred review
Mila is used to being alone.
Maybe that’s why she said yes. Yes to a second chance in this secluded place, among the flowers and the fog and the crash of waves far below.
But she hadn’t known about the ghosts.
Newly graduated from high school, Mila has aged out of the foster care system. So when she’s offered a teaching job and a place to live on an isolated part of the Northern California coast, she immediately accepts. Maybe she will finally find a new home—a real home. The farm is a refuge, but it’s also haunted by the past. And Mila’s own memories are starting to rise to the surface.
Customer Reviews
Beautiful and easy read
I’m giving it 4/5 stars.
The main character Mila has a tragic past that she wants nothing more than to work past. I loved her. I thought she was very strong, and someone I would look up to in life. The way she cares for Lee is very heartwarming and comforting.
this book was extremely short, I read it in about 2 hours, and I even made dinner throughout those two hours. I feel like there were a lot of wasted pages that could’ve had more content so readers could have connected with more characters and their backstories.
The romance between Billy and Liz as well as when they become really close with Mila is very odd. I still don’t understand that whole dynamic. It didn’t really add anything to the story, except confusion (to me anyway).
Foster children is a concept for stories that I haven’t read much on, and the farm lifestyle was very unique. This was a book I can’t compare to any other. I liked it a lot and recommend it for a fast read for characters with dark backstories