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The Ghosts of Departure Point
After a car plunges over a dangerous cliff, killing its four teenage occupants, one of the four returns as a ghost, tormented by guilt and wishing somehow to prevent another tragedy.
113 pages, Hardcover
First published September 1, 1982
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Eve Bunting
313 books410 followersAlso known as Evelyn Bolton and A.E. Bunting.
Anne Evelyn Bunting, better known as Eve Bunting, is an author with more than 250 books. Her books are diverse in age groups, from picture books to chapter books, and topic, ranging from Thanksgiving to riots in Los Angeles. Eve Bunting has won several awards for her works.
Bunting went to school in Ireland and grew up with storytelling. In Ireland, “There used to be Shanachies… the shanachie was a storyteller who went from house to house telling his tales of ghosts and fairies, of old Irish heroes and battles still to be won. Maybe I’m a bit of a Shanchie myself, telling stories to anyone who will listen.” This storytelling began as an inspiration for Bunting and continues with her work.
In 1958, Bunting moved to the United States with her husband and three children. A few years later, Bunting enrolled in a community college writing course. She felt the desire to write about her heritage. Bunting has taught writing classes at UCLA. She now lives in Pasadena, California.
Anne Evelyn Bunting, better known as Eve Bunting, is an author with more than 250 books. Her books are diverse in age groups, from picture books to chapter books, and topic, ranging from Thanksgiving to riots in Los Angeles. Eve Bunting has won several awards for her works.
Bunting went to school in Ireland and grew up with storytelling. In Ireland, “There used to be Shanachies… the shanachie was a storyteller who went from house to house telling his tales of ghosts and fairies, of old Irish heroes and battles still to be won. Maybe I’m a bit of a Shanchie myself, telling stories to anyone who will listen.” This storytelling began as an inspiration for Bunting and continues with her work.
In 1958, Bunting moved to the United States with her husband and three children. A few years later, Bunting enrolled in a community college writing course. She felt the desire to write about her heritage. Bunting has taught writing classes at UCLA. She now lives in Pasadena, California.
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December 2, 2009
I read this a couple times in elementary school... not for school just during. I don't know why it affected me so at the time, but i still remember it well after 25 years.
February 26, 2023
This YA was so short I felt it only scratched the surface of what it could have been. Still, I found myself enjoying it, and it's going to stay in my collection for now. I'd probably have loved it a lot if I'd read it as a tween.
April 19, 2021
Ghost stories for young adults were all the rage when I was in grade school, and while I didn't read very many of them (since I was scared to death of ghosts), this one was available in the classroom library and I picked it up to read during a free reading period. Even at a young age I was an avid reader, but The Ghosts of Departure Point grabbed me and would not let me go. I remember this because I asked for permission to stay inside during recess so I could finish it up. It's a short book, all of 113 pages, so finishing it all in a couple of hours was no great feat. All I knew was that I had to get to the resolution before I went home, because classroom reading books were meant for classroom reading, and could not be taken home. Naturally I thought this was horribly unfair as a fourth grader, but now that I'm older I totally get it since many of the books in the classroom library were purchased by the teachers, who preferred them to stay where they could keep an eye on them.
I hadn't thought about this book in decades, in fact I had completely forgotten the title and most of the relevant plot points since I had only read it that once, but while sorting through some young adult paperbacks at my job, I saw the cover artwork and the memories came rushing back. Holy cow, I had to re-read this and see if it was as gripping as I remembered it being as a kid.
There's always a danger in doing this. As an adult, your perspective and life experiences often combine to make something you enjoyed as a child look positively, uh, childish upon review. Don't get me wrong, there's plenty of stuff from my childhood that still kicks just as much ass, or more, as it did when I was a pre-teen, but for every Transformers: The Movie or Rankin/Bass animated adaptation of The Hobbit, there are a hundred things that aged about as gracefully as the CGI from The Lawnmower Man. Sometimes it's best to let the good memories stay that way.
The book opens with Vicki West gazing down the slope of Departure Point. The joggers running by don't notice her. Neither does the helmeted motorcyclist who takes the curve too quickly, crashes through the flimsy barricade, and flies down the cliff. Horrified, Vicki rushes to the edge to see if there's anything she can do. She's surprised to hear grunts of effort as a young man dressed in a blue tuxedo climbs his way up the hill and does something no one else has done in over a year: introduces himself.
Vicki hasn't interacted with anyone, not even her family, for months on end because she's a ghost, one of the twelve victims Departure Point has claimed over the years. The tuxedo-clad teenager, Ted, reports that while he went over the cliff, he wasn't the guy on the bike. He too is a ghost, a victim of the fatal Departure Point. Sometimes, like Vicki, he's drawn to the Point by a compulsion he can't ignore. Vicki shares the same compulsion. Neither knows why.
They aren't the only ones either. Another woman, Rebecca, prowls the nearby beach, likewise drawn to the place where she and her son slid off the road and died.
Vicki and Ted wind up spending more and more time together (since they're ghosts, it isn't like they have to sleep or have a curfew), and their mutual attraction grows stronger as the days pass. The assumption is that they could spend the rest of their un-lives together. It isn't until the pair help Rebecca with a task that they learn there's an end to their un-life to be had. Inexorably drawn again and again to Departure Point, the pair realize their only hope of ending the loneliness is to accomplish the task they've been assigned: find a way to stop the accidents and keep the death count of Departure Point from rising higher.
Obviously keeping people from being killed is important, but neither Vicki nor Ted knows how a pair of ghosts can do anything to affect the real world. The bigger question in their minds, though, is if succeeding means they'll never see one another again...
* * * * *
OK, so it's not exactly The Sixth Sense, and read through adult eyes, The Ghosts of Departure Point has an undeniable cheese factor to it. That said, there are a few decent twists to be had, and the question of what happens to them if they succeed (especially once they've seen Rebecca vanish after accomplishing her goal) is both legitimate and frightening.
At first it seems like Vicki's position is enviable. Since no one sees her, she can go anywhere and do almost anything. She's a ghost: if she leaps from the top of a mountain, she'll land rough but won't be hurt. She could dive under the water until she couldn't hold her breath any longer and she still won't drown. She and Ted catch free rides on the local roller coaster without paying. They can also interact with the real world in more tangible ways: Vicki is seen reading the newspaper or books in her room when no one else is around, and Ted has made several trips to the library, using their microfilm readers to scan the news articles and learn more about the victims of Departure Point. The ghosts can even fall in love, as Vicki and Ted find themselves doing while the story progresses. What better fantasy than to be forever young, invincible, and timeless?
Bunting's answer is simply, "To be alive."
Being a ghost isn't all its cracked up to be, and the longer the pair try to resist the urging of whatever power is keeping them earth-bound, the harder it becomes to tear themselves away from Departure Point. Affecting change comes with a price, but Bunting's theme is that doing the right thing, saving lives, is always worth the price. What's the price for Vicki and Ted? Sorry, no spoilers. Ultimately it's up to the reader to decide if the cost was worth it.
Reading the story through adult eyes, it's easy to cringe at some cheesy bits or groan at the ways the pair go about convincing the town to do something about the fatalities. And yes, the end of the book might tie things up a bit too neatly. But this story wasn't written for adults, it was written for young adults, and viewed in that sense, it knocks it out of the park. There's a reason I remembered The Ghosts of Departure Point decades after I first read it, even if I couldn't remember the title to save my life. At its heart, it's a simple, sweet story where two children are put in a terrible position of responsibility, and what results from their decisions.
Ultimately, for me, it comes down to the lack of knowing. Maybe that's Bunting's point all along. We don't know with any degree of certainty backed by evidence what happens to us after we die. We can form all the hypotheses we like, but until we cross that line, we'll never know. Maybe it's something good, maybe it's something bad, maybe it's nothing at all, and maybe it means saying goodbye to everyone and everything we've ever loved. While they're ghosts, this is still something Vicki and Ted wrestle with: if doing the right thing means vanishing into the light and sacrificing their friendship and love, how can you do the right thing?
Bunting's answer: reach down within yourself, find your courage, and do it anyway, because whatever happens next has to be better than staying jammed in neutral for the rest of your existence.
"Sometimes," Jud Crandall warned in Pet Sematary, "dead is better." That may be so, but I can't help feeling Eve Bunting would disagree. And if life is all we have, then making sure we're making the best of it every chance we get is the best decision. Even if it means unlimited rides on the roller coaster, pain-free falls from on high, and perpetually stain-free clothing, dead isn't better.
Four out of five stars, but five out of five when corrected for the nostalgia factor. Ted and Vicki deserve it. :)
I hadn't thought about this book in decades, in fact I had completely forgotten the title and most of the relevant plot points since I had only read it that once, but while sorting through some young adult paperbacks at my job, I saw the cover artwork and the memories came rushing back. Holy cow, I had to re-read this and see if it was as gripping as I remembered it being as a kid.
There's always a danger in doing this. As an adult, your perspective and life experiences often combine to make something you enjoyed as a child look positively, uh, childish upon review. Don't get me wrong, there's plenty of stuff from my childhood that still kicks just as much ass, or more, as it did when I was a pre-teen, but for every Transformers: The Movie or Rankin/Bass animated adaptation of The Hobbit, there are a hundred things that aged about as gracefully as the CGI from The Lawnmower Man. Sometimes it's best to let the good memories stay that way.
I stood on the cliff, looking down. The night sea crashed on the rocks below, and the wind twined my skirt around my legs and whipped at my hair. There was always wind up here, even in summer. Traffic roared by on the highway behind me. There was always traffic, too, summer and winter, day and night. Depadres Point was the name of the steep, jutting cliff, but around here it was called Departure Point. Twelve people had died at this place when they missed the curve and went down onto the rocks below.
The book opens with Vicki West gazing down the slope of Departure Point. The joggers running by don't notice her. Neither does the helmeted motorcyclist who takes the curve too quickly, crashes through the flimsy barricade, and flies down the cliff. Horrified, Vicki rushes to the edge to see if there's anything she can do. She's surprised to hear grunts of effort as a young man dressed in a blue tuxedo climbs his way up the hill and does something no one else has done in over a year: introduces himself.
Vicki hasn't interacted with anyone, not even her family, for months on end because she's a ghost, one of the twelve victims Departure Point has claimed over the years. The tuxedo-clad teenager, Ted, reports that while he went over the cliff, he wasn't the guy on the bike. He too is a ghost, a victim of the fatal Departure Point. Sometimes, like Vicki, he's drawn to the Point by a compulsion he can't ignore. Vicki shares the same compulsion. Neither knows why.
They aren't the only ones either. Another woman, Rebecca, prowls the nearby beach, likewise drawn to the place where she and her son slid off the road and died.
Vicki and Ted wind up spending more and more time together (since they're ghosts, it isn't like they have to sleep or have a curfew), and their mutual attraction grows stronger as the days pass. The assumption is that they could spend the rest of their un-lives together. It isn't until the pair help Rebecca with a task that they learn there's an end to their un-life to be had. Inexorably drawn again and again to Departure Point, the pair realize their only hope of ending the loneliness is to accomplish the task they've been assigned: find a way to stop the accidents and keep the death count of Departure Point from rising higher.
Obviously keeping people from being killed is important, but neither Vicki nor Ted knows how a pair of ghosts can do anything to affect the real world. The bigger question in their minds, though, is if succeeding means they'll never see one another again...
* * * * *
OK, so it's not exactly The Sixth Sense, and read through adult eyes, The Ghosts of Departure Point has an undeniable cheese factor to it. That said, there are a few decent twists to be had, and the question of what happens to them if they succeed (especially once they've seen Rebecca vanish after accomplishing her goal) is both legitimate and frightening.
At first it seems like Vicki's position is enviable. Since no one sees her, she can go anywhere and do almost anything. She's a ghost: if she leaps from the top of a mountain, she'll land rough but won't be hurt. She could dive under the water until she couldn't hold her breath any longer and she still won't drown. She and Ted catch free rides on the local roller coaster without paying. They can also interact with the real world in more tangible ways: Vicki is seen reading the newspaper or books in her room when no one else is around, and Ted has made several trips to the library, using their microfilm readers to scan the news articles and learn more about the victims of Departure Point. The ghosts can even fall in love, as Vicki and Ted find themselves doing while the story progresses. What better fantasy than to be forever young, invincible, and timeless?
Bunting's answer is simply, "To be alive."
Being a ghost isn't all its cracked up to be, and the longer the pair try to resist the urging of whatever power is keeping them earth-bound, the harder it becomes to tear themselves away from Departure Point. Affecting change comes with a price, but Bunting's theme is that doing the right thing, saving lives, is always worth the price. What's the price for Vicki and Ted? Sorry, no spoilers. Ultimately it's up to the reader to decide if the cost was worth it.
Reading the story through adult eyes, it's easy to cringe at some cheesy bits or groan at the ways the pair go about convincing the town to do something about the fatalities. And yes, the end of the book might tie things up a bit too neatly. But this story wasn't written for adults, it was written for young adults, and viewed in that sense, it knocks it out of the park. There's a reason I remembered The Ghosts of Departure Point decades after I first read it, even if I couldn't remember the title to save my life. At its heart, it's a simple, sweet story where two children are put in a terrible position of responsibility, and what results from their decisions.
Ultimately, for me, it comes down to the lack of knowing. Maybe that's Bunting's point all along. We don't know with any degree of certainty backed by evidence what happens to us after we die. We can form all the hypotheses we like, but until we cross that line, we'll never know. Maybe it's something good, maybe it's something bad, maybe it's nothing at all, and maybe it means saying goodbye to everyone and everything we've ever loved. While they're ghosts, this is still something Vicki and Ted wrestle with: if doing the right thing means vanishing into the light and sacrificing their friendship and love, how can you do the right thing?
Bunting's answer: reach down within yourself, find your courage, and do it anyway, because whatever happens next has to be better than staying jammed in neutral for the rest of your existence.
"Sometimes," Jud Crandall warned in Pet Sematary, "dead is better." That may be so, but I can't help feeling Eve Bunting would disagree. And if life is all we have, then making sure we're making the best of it every chance we get is the best decision. Even if it means unlimited rides on the roller coaster, pain-free falls from on high, and perpetually stain-free clothing, dead isn't better.
Four out of five stars, but five out of five when corrected for the nostalgia factor. Ted and Vicki deserve it. :)
September 5, 2016
A couple of months ago, I remembered this awesome book I had read when I was like 10 or 11 years old. THis book I found in a smal village flee market, or garage sale, I barely remember. I was so frustrated when I couldn't think of the title or the author, but then eventually I found it and ordered it. I was in its grip, sort of, but now I am scared of rereading. it is ten years later, I am 22 now, but I really want to re-capture the feeling I had when I first read it. this book brought me to tears. at such a young age. but I shall embark upon this journey, walk down memory lane.
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November 12, 2018This was a really interesting book, I really truely enjoyed it. So it begins the story of a girl, a boy, and a place known as departure point.Many people have lost their lives there. And there seventeen year old Vicki and eighteen year old Ted meet, and fall in love in a strange, but unique way. Vicki and Ted are ghosts, both victims of departure point, and it is up to them to stop the accidents. But they're running out of time... Read the book to find out. "It is a really good book" It is a very small book but full with details.
October 18, 2021
Ghosts start ghost club and use ghost powers to enact change in their community.
Lol at our undead protagonist comparing herself to “other people of other colors and beliefs” and “feeling discrimination for the first time” bc as a ghost, people who are alive can’t see or hear her. Major eye roll moment.
Being dead is not the same thing as being discriminated against but lol go off.
Also these ghosts can still interact with the world physically? Ghost powers are strong.
Ending was a cop out but it’s a swift, engaging read
Lol at our undead protagonist comparing herself to “other people of other colors and beliefs” and “feeling discrimination for the first time” bc as a ghost, people who are alive can’t see or hear her. Major eye roll moment.
Being dead is not the same thing as being discriminated against but lol go off.
Also these ghosts can still interact with the world physically? Ghost powers are strong.
Ending was a cop out but it’s a swift, engaging read
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 20, 2018
I read this book when I was in 5th grade and it has haunted me for 13 years. Finally found it after doing some tricky reverse googling. Seems a lot of other people had the same experience I did. Weird.
March 9, 2026
I have been dying (pun not intended) to read this book for YEARS. I have searched used bookstores everywhere endlessly for this out of print book to no avail. I wanted to read this so badly I even contemplated buying a copy online for $40 dollars!! I have never spent that much on a book in my life. When I finally got my hands on a copy of this I was ecstatic! And I am even more ecstatic that it did not disappoint me in the slightest!
This is such a good little story wrapped up into less than 100 pages and just hit the spot. I enjoyed every second. I almost wish it was longer, but I also did not feel like I was left hanging at the end. I LOVED the ending I thought it was such a poetic and heartfelt way to end the story. It was so thought provoking, emotional, hopeful and heart-warming. The themes explored in this story are timeless and translatable to today's context. There was an uncomfy moment about experiencing discrimination as a ghost but given the time this was written and published...it wasn't egregious.
Ugh I think I am going to have to read it again it was so cuteeeeee.
This is such a good little story wrapped up into less than 100 pages and just hit the spot. I enjoyed every second. I almost wish it was longer, but I also did not feel like I was left hanging at the end. I LOVED the ending I thought it was such a poetic and heartfelt way to end the story. It was so thought provoking, emotional, hopeful and heart-warming. The themes explored in this story are timeless and translatable to today's context. There was an uncomfy moment about experiencing discrimination as a ghost but given the time this was written and published...it wasn't egregious.
Ugh I think I am going to have to read it again it was so cuteeeeee.
January 7, 2022
I remember reading this book for the very first time back in sixth grade. I liked it so much that I even did a book report on it.
Fast forward 15 years and here I am an adult wondering what that book was that impacted me so much as a kid.
After a few weeks of searching plot ideas, key words, and anything else I could to locate this book, I finally found it.
For this being a children's chapter book, it has some rather dark themes that I had forgotten about. I enjoyed the idea of the characters stuck in a form of purgatory and the need for redemption to move on.
Overall I found this an enjoyable quick read. It makes since why my 6th grade self clung to this story.
Fast forward 15 years and here I am an adult wondering what that book was that impacted me so much as a kid.
After a few weeks of searching plot ideas, key words, and anything else I could to locate this book, I finally found it.
For this being a children's chapter book, it has some rather dark themes that I had forgotten about. I enjoyed the idea of the characters stuck in a form of purgatory and the need for redemption to move on.
Overall I found this an enjoyable quick read. It makes since why my 6th grade self clung to this story.
June 3, 2010
This book is one of those stories that grab you. I know I enjoy a good ghost story. My wife gave me this book to read to see if we wanted to save it for our son Coale. I actually agree with her that this is an awesome tale. I recommend this one if you can find it. =)
August 19, 2011
Read this when I was 13 and it still sticks with me. Would love to find it, buy it and read it again!
September 13, 2020
Not what I was expecting. This isn't horror or spooky. Just kind of a sad life lesson book. It reminded me of one of the “mysteries of the week” from a Mediator book from Meg Cabot.
October 10, 2022
Spooky season elementary school re-read. I remember it being more atmospheric (probably bc I was about 9 when I first read it), but it’s really just a simple, sad, sweet story.
February 23, 2026
Er zijn boeken die je leven veranderen en die je nooit meer vergeet.
Voor mij is dat "Ghosts of Departure Point" van Eve Bunting.
Ik was elf. Misschien twaalf? In de bibliotheek van Tienen vond ik het — of het vond mij. Ik verslond het. Niet gewoon “graag gelezen”, maar compleet opgeslokt. Het was alsof het verhaal zich onder mijn huid nestelde. Ik geloofde bijna dat geesten echt waren. Zó overtuigend was de sfeer. Zó tastbaar de spanning. Het einde ingenieus.
Jaren later herlas ik het, dit keer in de oorspronkelijke Engelse taal. En wat me toen trof, was niet alleen de emotie — maar de constructie. De opbouw is verbluffend strak. Elke hoofdstuk draagt gewicht. Dit is geschreven voor adolescenten — wat we vandaag “Young Adult” noemen — maar het doet geen enkele concessie. Het neemt jonge lezers ernstig. Het vertrouwt op hun verbeelding. En dat vertrouwen loont. Vandaag herlas ik het nog een keer.
Wat me opnieuw raakte, is hoe geraffineerd Bunting spanning opbouwt zonder effectbejag. Geen goedkope schrikmomenten, geen theatrale uitbarstingen. Alles zit in de suggestie, de atmosfeer, het onuitgesprokene. Het soort verhaal waarvan je stil wordt. Waarvan je denkt: ja, dit is zo geweldig bedacht. Het verbaast me dat het nooit werd verfilmd. Ook dat dit boek niet bekender is.
Bunting won meerdere prijzen en bouwde een indrukwekkend oeuvre uit, maar "Ghosts of a Departure Point" voelt als een verborgen parel. Ik kan me niet van de indruk ontdoen dat iemand als "Stephen King" dit zou waarderen — niet om de horror (want die is er gewoonweg niet), maar om het psychologische raffinement.
Dit boek heeft destijds iets in mij geopend. Het was misschien mijn eerste kennismaking met literatuur die over iets paranormaals ging. Die mij nieuwsgierig maakte naar dit soort spanning, en mij leerde haar te omarmen. Het veranderde mijn smaak. Het veranderde mijn blik.
En zoveel jaren later ben ik Eve Bunting nog steeds dankbaar.
Sommige boeken blijf je herlezen en dat zegt genoeg.
Voor mij is dat "Ghosts of Departure Point" van Eve Bunting.
Ik was elf. Misschien twaalf? In de bibliotheek van Tienen vond ik het — of het vond mij. Ik verslond het. Niet gewoon “graag gelezen”, maar compleet opgeslokt. Het was alsof het verhaal zich onder mijn huid nestelde. Ik geloofde bijna dat geesten echt waren. Zó overtuigend was de sfeer. Zó tastbaar de spanning. Het einde ingenieus.
Jaren later herlas ik het, dit keer in de oorspronkelijke Engelse taal. En wat me toen trof, was niet alleen de emotie — maar de constructie. De opbouw is verbluffend strak. Elke hoofdstuk draagt gewicht. Dit is geschreven voor adolescenten — wat we vandaag “Young Adult” noemen — maar het doet geen enkele concessie. Het neemt jonge lezers ernstig. Het vertrouwt op hun verbeelding. En dat vertrouwen loont. Vandaag herlas ik het nog een keer.
Wat me opnieuw raakte, is hoe geraffineerd Bunting spanning opbouwt zonder effectbejag. Geen goedkope schrikmomenten, geen theatrale uitbarstingen. Alles zit in de suggestie, de atmosfeer, het onuitgesprokene. Het soort verhaal waarvan je stil wordt. Waarvan je denkt: ja, dit is zo geweldig bedacht. Het verbaast me dat het nooit werd verfilmd. Ook dat dit boek niet bekender is.
Bunting won meerdere prijzen en bouwde een indrukwekkend oeuvre uit, maar "Ghosts of a Departure Point" voelt als een verborgen parel. Ik kan me niet van de indruk ontdoen dat iemand als "Stephen King" dit zou waarderen — niet om de horror (want die is er gewoonweg niet), maar om het psychologische raffinement.
Dit boek heeft destijds iets in mij geopend. Het was misschien mijn eerste kennismaking met literatuur die over iets paranormaals ging. Die mij nieuwsgierig maakte naar dit soort spanning, en mij leerde haar te omarmen. Het veranderde mijn smaak. Het veranderde mijn blik.
En zoveel jaren later ben ik Eve Bunting nog steeds dankbaar.
Sommige boeken blijf je herlezen en dat zegt genoeg.
May 18, 2025
I read this book back in maybe '93, I wasn't much of a reader back then. This was probably the first book I've read for my own entertainment and pleasure... not for school. I couldn't tell you every book I've read over the years, but this one sticks with me because it's the book that turned me into a reader. I couldn't tell you any specifics about it, I vaguely remember the plot it's been so long since I've read it, so I can't give it a full 5 star. I just wanted to share the significance this book had on my life.
July 20, 2019
I read this book as a child, so many times my copy is worn out. Yes, I still own it and at 45 years old, it is still my favorite book of all time.
September 30, 2019
Another nostalgia read.
February 26, 2022
i read this YEARS ago and recently found it again very eye opening after reading again 🙏
April 9, 2022
I read this book when I was a teenager and loved it. It's so sad and hopeful at the same time. I recently re-read it and felt the same way.
May 5, 2022
muito fixe e bem triste como eu gosto
October 3, 2023
This was an early middle school favorite!!
October 13, 2024
After a car plunges over a dangerous cliff, killing its four teenage occupants, one of the four returns as a ghost, tormented by guilt and wishing somehow to prevent another tragedy.
September 20, 2016
I remembered reading this when I was in 2nd or 3rd grade. It was just a book in a pile of a bunch books given to me by my grandmother (who knew how much I loved to read). Years went by and i couldnt remember the title, yet i somehow remembered the story. It was very poignant and stays with you. I recently found it on a book swapping site and am pleased that my memory serves me well. It also stands up to the test of time. It is still a very moving story. I find it odd that this is such an obscure title.
I do recommend it if you can find it. Mind you, I don't intend to let this leave my library now that I've got it again.
I do recommend it if you can find it. Mind you, I don't intend to let this leave my library now that I've got it again.
February 14, 2020
This book gave me what I expected and wanted to read. The story types I crave. When the main character wanted to cry so did I. The author has a talent to make you feel the emotion as if it was your story or could be your story. I don’t know why but I got chills at the end of the story. The last paragraph really gets you. My only qualm is I wanted more details of everything. Yet I do love thin entertaining reads.
March 2, 2009
Wow. This was really pretty terrible. I read it as a kid and have been wanting to re-read, just for fun. It not only had a pretty big mistake in it, but it was just downright silly, even for a "youth" book. Poor Eve Bunting. I guess she's written so many that little things like chronological time don't have as much meaning. It was a creepy idea...
December 30, 2014
I remember reading this back over 10 years ago!
This book STILL sticks with me. I remembered parts of the name of the book but not who wrote it.
I'm so glad I found this book again!
Hopefully I can find and read it again. It had such a impact on me.
Amazing book.
This book STILL sticks with me. I remembered parts of the name of the book but not who wrote it.
I'm so glad I found this book again!
Hopefully I can find and read it again. It had such a impact on me.
Amazing book.
June 30, 2017
I read this book when I was probably 9 or 10, and for some reason it stuck with me vividly for the last decade. After tracking it down and finding that the library system I work for does not own a copy, I was able to get it through an interlibrary loan. I reread the entire thing in a day and while it is a little silly, I loved it just as much as I loved it as a kid.
February 14, 2008
Man, did I love this book!
April 22, 2009
One of four teenage girls killed in a car crash, Vicki, returns as a ghost to the scene of the accident and meets the victim of a similar crash.
July 25, 2009
Liked it. Young when I read it.
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