Nine Letters Long

Evie #2

by J.C. Burke

The thrilling sequel to The Red Cardigan , another paranormal mystery Evie has a gift—a gift she's not always comfortable with. But when Alex suggests they conduct a séance, Evie reluctantly agrees. The letters on the board start spelling out one name, C-A-Z, over and over, and Evie knows she's been contacted again. A cryptic message with nine letters leads Evie to a family where two sisters, one living and one dead, share a dark secret that must be revealed. But is Evie strong enough to solve the mystery and reveal the truth in time to release both girls?

Genres: Young Adult, Paranormal, Supernatural

253 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

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.J.C Burke was born in Sydney in 1965, the fourth of five sisters. With writers for parents, she grew up in a world of noise, drama and books, but she decided to become a nurse after her mother lost a long battle with cancer. Since Burke started writing in 1999, she has published a number of acclaimed books for teenagers and young adults, including Children's Book Council Notable Books WHITE LIES and THE RED CARDIGAN, Aurealis Awards finalist NINE LETTERS LONG, THE STORY OF TOM BRENNAN, FAKING SWEET, STARFISH SISTERS and OCEAN PEARL. THE STORY OF TOM BRENNAN won the 2006 CBC Book of the Year - Older Readers and the 2006 Australian Family Therapists Award for Children's Literature. It is currently on the NSW HSC syllabus list.PIG BOY is Jane's newest title and was released in May 2011.
Jane lives on Sydney.

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Reviews

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

This is a great YA Paranormal book, the second in the series of Evie.

Evie is a young girl with developing psychic abilities that cannot be ignored.

This second book in the series follows on from The Red Cardigan and finds Evie discovering more about the extent of her psychic abilities when she starts receiving messages during an innocent seance with her girlfriends.
After her last encounter with the paranormal, Evie is reluctant to participate in a seance with her friends, fearing it may go awry. Her friends talk her into it anyway and she figures it will just be a few laughs.

Buckle up for some paranormal activity and some pretty good detective work, whilst Evie and her friends try to unravel some very coded messages from the other side.

I really enjoyed this second book in the Evie series as I did with the first also. They are very well plotted and keep up a good pace throughout.

4*s

[Mark]

3 Stars

[Sylvia]

A sequel to 'The Red Cardigan'. Evie has a gift, or as her parents put it, she's 'special'. Once again she's been contacted by a spirit. The girl's name was Caz. Caz's still has connection with her sister who still alive, Paris.

Caz's mother, Nora, always come to Victoria (kind of a guardian for Evie) to help her contacts Caz. Nora came twice a year to 'communicate' with Caz. And it's been going on for a few years, until one day Caz won't 'speak' to her mom anymore.

Instead, Caz contacted Evie, and ask her to help Paris. Once again, Evie must go through the whole episode in helping a spirit, while her own bestfriend falling in love, becoming irrational, and their friendship is put to the test.

[Grace🌻🐝]

The sequel to 'The Red Cardigan'. i wish she would bring out a third book!! ii Loved both 'The Red Cardigan' and 'Nine Letters Long' i have read both more than once and enjoy it just as much as the first time i read it. It is a quick read which i struggled to put down! i plan to read both 'The Red Cardigan' and 'Nine Letters Long' again and again in the future!

[Sue]

'Nine letters long' is a sequel to 'The red cardigan' and concentrated more on on Evie's relationship with her peer group rather than her mother. It was again a mystery and moved along at a pace that kept the reader wanting more.

[Zainab]

Wow, I haven't came across this book in yonks! Read this in high school and it was so much fun!! Such a good read

[Lore]

gave up. shall finnish at a later date.

[Imogen]

oooowwwww so sad horrible ending

[Toza Tiger]

sooo SPOOOOOOOOOKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I couldnt sleep for ages!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CAZ scared me the most!!!!!!!

[Vivi]

The Red Cardigan led me to this book. A yet again page turner

[Ki]

This sequel of "The Red Cardigan" was even better, the pages seemed to flip before me as I got lost in the world of spirits and the power of friendship.

[Elle]

Did no see that coming

[Heather]

I found this extremely disappointing after reading "The Red Cardigan". It lacked the excitement, suspense and chills that the first book had.

[Katherine Wine]

Not as enjoyable as The Red Cardigan was, but still very good.