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From PEN Award-winning author Carol Lynch Williams comes an eerie and atmospheric coming-of-age tale about a girl who can talk to the dead - even if she would rather not.Evie Messenger knows that her family is different from other families. But it isn't until her fifteenth birthday that the Messenger gift is revealed to her. Evie has the family's gift - a special power. Soon she realizes she is able to see and talk to the dead - ghosts - often with no idea who the person was. Or as Evie says: "I see Dead People. It's a Messenger gift." That doesn't mean she wants the Messenger gift. So Evie tries to ignore it but soon she finds she cannot. Can Evie find a way to live her life without letting her power take over?And what if the dead person is someone close to Evie's family?
About the Author
Carol Lynch Williams, who grew up in Florida and now lives in Utah, is an award-winning novelist with five daughters of her own. She has an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College. She won the prestigious PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship for her novel GLIMPSE and was nominated for the PEN for her book THE TRUE COLORS OF CAITLYNNE JACKSON. THE CHOSEN ONE was named one of the ALA's Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers and Best Books for Young Adult Readers.Her books have been featured on numerous lists of recommended YA fiction. Carol's other novels include MILES FROM ORDINARY, THE HAVEN, WAITING, SIGNED-SKYE HARPER, MESSENGER, ONCE I WAS A BEEHIVE, NEVER SAID, NEVER THAT FAR, PRETTY LIKE US as well as 15 more books for young readers.?The best thing she has ever done, and what she is most proud of, is raising her five daughters.
