Atheneum/ Simon Schuster, 2010
ISBN: 9781442402805
Available: New Hardcover and Kindle
Katie Mullins is a fifteen year old orphan who just wants to be normal. But Katie may never live a peaceful life because she sees ghosts everywhere, and she is compelled to draw portraits of their violent, often gruesome deaths. Living with her sympathetic but relatively new stepfather, she misses her mother desperately, and receives vague advice from the derelict father she never knew in life.
Law Walkerʼs passion is architecture. He is the biracial son of a powerful African American community leader who has made reparations for slavery his mission in life and a white preservationist dedicated to saving Pinebank, a beautiful historic mansion crowning Bostonʼs celebrated landscaped parkways, the Emerald Necklace.
But Pinebank is not just an awesome building. This house has a dark, carefully hidden secret; a secret still guarded by the ghost of George, the boy who died to keep it safe. When Katie meets George, her life becomes hopelessly entangled in his responsibility to protect his grandfatherʼs treasure, and fulfill a promise to “the Others.” Katieʼs sadness, her resolve, and her shocking and beautiful drawings captivate Law; they become bound together on a desperate mission to save much more than a house, and to uncover a truth that will set free the living and dead alike.
Riddled with suspense and mystery, The Other Side of Dark is historical fiction at afevered pitch. Brilliantly plotted and masterfully entwined, itʼs a must-read for fans of
any genre.
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Reviewed by: Sheila Shedd