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The Ghost Locket
The Ghost Locket, by D. Allen Wright, is a story about a teenage girl, who is an undiscovered art prodigy, living in a poor neighborhood in New York City, with her single mother, parent. Outwardly, she is a normal, teenage girl. Where she differs, is in her passion for art, and her almost obsessive desire, to protect her friends and family.
214 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 20, 2012
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October 4, 2012
There were many things to love about this novel. First, how refreshing to have such an original absorbing storyline. Kit is not your typical fourteen-year-old teen. Even as an infant, she stood out in the fact she was always happy and rarely ever cried. As a young woman, she encountered the normal round of teen issues but turned out to be something different; a genuine art prodigy. Kit easy fascinated me easily and she soon became my favorite.
In many ways, she was wise beyond her years and when she was taken under the wings of Julia Davis, it was a good match. Julia, who is also a very gifted artist, lost her daughter, Emily, and husband, Paul, in a tragic car accident. What made it more poignant was the fact it was on her daughter's birthday.
Julia's final gift before her daughter's death was a family heirloom, a gold heart-shaped locket passed on from her grandmother. I was very empathetic at this woman's grief at loosing her family. The accident scene was portrayed with realism and had very gripping moments. Soon, you realize there is an endearing connection to both of them, when Kit has visits from a ghost, who turns out to be Julie's daughter Emily.
Kit is no softie, when she encounters gang related violence she deals with it the only way she knows how. Coming from a poor neighborhood in New York, Kit becomes a hero in her own right. I would highly recommend this book to young adult readers and beyond. David Wright is a talented and well-crafted writer. I gave it 5 stars.
The Ghost Locket
In many ways, she was wise beyond her years and when she was taken under the wings of Julia Davis, it was a good match. Julia, who is also a very gifted artist, lost her daughter, Emily, and husband, Paul, in a tragic car accident. What made it more poignant was the fact it was on her daughter's birthday.
Julia's final gift before her daughter's death was a family heirloom, a gold heart-shaped locket passed on from her grandmother. I was very empathetic at this woman's grief at loosing her family. The accident scene was portrayed with realism and had very gripping moments. Soon, you realize there is an endearing connection to both of them, when Kit has visits from a ghost, who turns out to be Julie's daughter Emily.
Kit is no softie, when she encounters gang related violence she deals with it the only way she knows how. Coming from a poor neighborhood in New York, Kit becomes a hero in her own right. I would highly recommend this book to young adult readers and beyond. David Wright is a talented and well-crafted writer. I gave it 5 stars.
The Ghost Locket
October 2, 2012
If you were to read Wright's biography, I suspect that this would be the last novel you'd have expected him to produce. Wright has been a soldier, a pilot, a fisherman, a graphic artist, etc.... and he writes a deeply emotional novel about love and loss with the central character a 14 year old girl who is in deep trouble just by the very nature of her environment. I'd call this novel The Outsiders for girls. It's gritty at points without ever losing that vital hope. That said, I would not call this a YA novel. Because of both sexual and violent content, I'd call this a novel for older teens.
Wright is to be applauded for his plotting in this story. Some of the points were predictable but he did go where authors won't usually go in the crafting of their story. His main character is frequently violent in a "go big or go home" kind of way. In one of the scenes when she faces off with a violent young man, Kit and her friends disable the young man. Some folks will recoil but in the overall plotting, the violence speaks to the desperation of the characters and their situation. It's been said that you're either a victim or a hero and the girls of the novel choose, when they can, to be heroes.
Wright is to be applauded for his plotting in this story. Some of the points were predictable but he did go where authors won't usually go in the crafting of their story. His main character is frequently violent in a "go big or go home" kind of way. In one of the scenes when she faces off with a violent young man, Kit and her friends disable the young man. Some folks will recoil but in the overall plotting, the violence speaks to the desperation of the characters and their situation. It's been said that you're either a victim or a hero and the girls of the novel choose, when they can, to be heroes.
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