Watch Over Me
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Watch Over Me
Narrated by:
Jorjeana Marie
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Narrated by:
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Jorjeana Marie
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Nina LaCour
“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.
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Critic Reviews
YALSA Best Fiction of the Year • Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year • New York Public Library Best Books of the Year • Chicago Public Library Best Books of the Year • BuzzFeed Best of the Year
“The sense of place is strong, and readers will be transported to the rocky, coastal hills shrouded in fog and full of secrets. . . . Mila’s journey to reclaim herself and find independence is tense and powerful.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“LaCour presents a ghost story that is moving, unsettling, and full of atmospheric beauty with foggy, coastal air that hangs heavy in the pages . . . 100% LaCour at its core.”—School Library Journal, starred review
“LaCour’s portrait of a young woman yearning to belong and facing her past while navigating the liminal space between childhood and adulthood brims with tender moments and sensory details.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review
“LaCour’s writing is lyrical and atmospheric, both in capturing the natural setting of the story and in exploring the dark recesses of her characters’ grief, guilt, and psychic pain. . . . An empowering story of one young woman’s quest to rediscover the part of herself she has left behind and to become independent.”—The Horn Book
“The sense of place is strong, and readers will be transported to the rocky, coastal hills shrouded in fog and full of secrets. . . . Mila’s journey to reclaim herself and find independence is tense and powerful.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“LaCour presents a ghost story that is moving, unsettling, and full of atmospheric beauty with foggy, coastal air that hangs heavy in the pages . . . 100% LaCour at its core.”—School Library Journal, starred review
“LaCour’s portrait of a young woman yearning to belong and facing her past while navigating the liminal space between childhood and adulthood brims with tender moments and sensory details.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review
“LaCour’s writing is lyrical and atmospheric, both in capturing the natural setting of the story and in exploring the dark recesses of her characters’ grief, guilt, and psychic pain. . . . An empowering story of one young woman’s quest to rediscover the part of herself she has left behind and to become independent.”—The Horn Book
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