Death of a Kleptomaniac - Hardcover

Tracy, Kristen

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ISBN 10: 1423127528 ISBN 13: 9781423127529

Publisher: Hyperion Book CH, 2012

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At sixteen, Molly is a girl who’s just started living at last she’s popular. But for a girl who has everything, Molly feels like she never has enough. So she steals. At least there’s plenty of time to fix this last little problem.

Except Fate has other plans for Molly. Like death.

Suddenly dead and in denial, how can Molly move on when life was just looking up? Can she abandon her earthly ties or will she jeopardize her soul to stay close to her loved ones?

From critically acclaimed author Kristen Tracy, Death of a Kleptomaniac is the heartfelt story of one girl’s search for redemption, a family’s encounter with grief, and love’s power to rise above even the most final of boundaries.

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About the Author:

Kristen Tracy (www.kristentracy.com) lives in a fog bank in San Francisco. She is the acclaimed author of the young adult novels Lost It, Crimes of the Sarahs, A Field Guide for Heartbreakers, and Sharks and Boys; as well as the middle grade novels Camille McPhee Fell Under the Bus, The Reinvention of Bessica Lefter and Bessica Lefter Bites Back. When not writing, she tutors at 826 Valencia and volunteers as a gardener on Alcatraz.

From School Library Journal:

Gr 7-10-Kleptomaniac Molly Weller is dead, no matter how much she bargains with Louise, the intake counselor of her soul. Her life, she thought, had been going so well up until now. She joined her school's nationally esteemed drill team, made the right friends, and was popular. Now she is just a soul who finds that being dead is a lot of work. Oddly, the bulk of this novel revolves around a disembodied character more well-rounded dead than alive. As her counselor says, "a lot of times when people are in their deepest sorrows, they have their clearest insights." Nearly everyone imagines life after death; this novel delivers it. While the theme might be too morbid for some, certain readers will enjoy reading about Molly's life and afterlife.-Lisa Gieskes, Richland County Public Library, Columbia, SCα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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