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Kat netouží po ničem jiném než být normální holka. Její maminka je však médium, a ne jen tak nějaké: vidí duchy zemřelých a dokáže s nimi rozmlouvat. A taková věc se neutají. Navíc Kat právě zjistila, že přízraky dokáže vidět také! Ona jediná může pomoci duchu mrtvé dívky, který obchází ve školní knihovně, aby konečně dokázal odejít na onen svět. Zvládne to dřív, než ji banda nafoukaných spolužaček naprosto znemožní a vyštípe ze školy?
191 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2008
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May 21, 2008
So I’m on a plane ride from Seattle to New York and wouldn’t you know it but I don’t bring enough books to read. Under normal circumstances I have a problem with overstocking my purse with reading material. This time the opposite is true. So I pull out anything I happen to have on hand, and most of it is simply terrible. I’m alternating between bad crazy books and bad depressing books in an effort to simply make the time go faster when I remember that a literary agent I know, who happens to be taking the same flight as me, gave me Suddenly Supernatural not a day before. She had assured me that it was great, which I took with a grain of salt or two. Of course the book’s agent is going to think it’s the best single thing since sliced bread. No surprises there. But the pickings are slim and my flight has been delayed another hour and a half (thank YOU, Delta). I decide to give the book a go. As a children’s librarian I’ve trained myself to look for certain qualities in my fiction for kids. Is it interesting? Is it good? Does it fall into the usual trips, traps, and snares common to the genre? But to my amazement this book sucks me in instantly. With a rare combination of readability and genuine middle school trials and tribulations, author Elizabeth Cody Kimmel gives a well-placed kick to a genre that deserves a little rejiggering here and a little remastering there. A book I can honestly recommend to any kid looking for some great ghostly fare.
Seventh grader Kat has a situation on her hands. First of all, her mother’s a medium. "And I don't mean the kind that fits in between small and large." Rather she's the kind of person who contacts ghosts and spirits for a living. Kat’s never really had a problem with this job in the past, though certainly it would be more restful if her mom sought employment in another occupation. No, it’s not until Kat realizes that she herself is beginning to see ghosts everywhere that she starts freaking out. It’s not as if she’s the most popular girl at school to begin with, and now she has to keep from talking or even noticing the dead people floating all around her? Thank you, but no. Fortunately Kat’s just made a new friend at school with secrets of her own and the two of them are getting wrapped up in a mystery involving a dead student, a music program, and an old woman who has carried a blanket of shame with her for over forty years. This middle school medium may not want to bring her powers to class, but it’s clear that there's a reason they're there, and nothing's going to change that.
There are plenty of books out there that use supernatural metaphors to describe middle school and puberty. Buffy the Vampire Slayer did it on television with vampires. Dusssie by Nancy Springer gave menstruation a medusa-inspired twist. Even Perry Moore’s Hero was able to equate superpowers with coming out of the closet. The Suddenly Supernatural books are, in a sense, quieter fare than any of these. Kat hits puberty and suddenly she can see and hear ghosts. And like any teen or tween faced with the unnatural or weird, her instinct is to ignore her powers or do whatever it is that she can to cover them up and seem to be like everyone else. As she herself says, “I’m just not sure how to deal with it. I don’t know what’s expected of me. I’m in seventh grade, remember. Where you’re supposed to spend every waking hour trying to be normal.” The narrative is told entirely in the first person and you grow very fond of Kat and her inner struggle. Subplots involving conniving popular girls and the like keep the story moving, but really it’s Kat’s relationship with her new friend Jac that maintains the reader’s interest. When it all comes down to it, I really felt that the book held together well. It certainly works in different plot points and subplots to a satisfying conclusion. Some rote middle school elements are there, sure, but what Kimmel chooses to do with them is solid and original.
At heart, the story has a lot in common with M. Night Shymalan’s Sixth Sense. Yet one difference between the two is the fact that Kat’s mother is a medium and it’s not as if she is without support and help along the way. Again, it’s the relationships that really shine through in this tale. Kat’s mom is warm and lovely. One of those rare not dead/not villainous mothers you encounter in children’s literature once in a bright blue moon. Now with its subtitle firmly in place, I was pretty sure that this book was the first in a series. This feeling was later reinforced when Kat encounters a malevolent force that neither explains itself nor, for that matter, does much of anything except look threatening in the book. Clearly Kimmel has more adventures of her mini medium in store for her fans.
Of course, the book series is going to be hampered if Kimmel continues to include an overabundance of pop culture references like the ones found in this book. About the time I got to the mention of “the latest marriage of Tori Spelling” is started to cringe. A title like this, marketed correctly and creating a strong audience, could easily go through several reprints and reissues as long as it remains timeless. The pop culture tidbits don’t really gel with the rest of the book anyway. I don’t see Kat as just another consumer, so it feels weird to see mentions of this sort scattered throughout the text (though I’d admit to enjoying one boy’s performance of a “monologue” slash vomitfest from the documentary Super Size Me).
I know the audience for this book because I once was the audience. Back in the 80s I was one of those girls that couldn’t get enough ghost stories in my diet. I think that I personally sustained the careers of authors like Willo Davis Roberts and Mary Downing Hahn through a steady purchase of Apple paperbacks (via Scholastic book fairs, of course). Often I get girls at my reference desk desperate for a new ghost story. And while Hahn still corners the market on fabulous scare fare, Kimmel is clearly going to carve out a niche for herself. With its sympathetic heroine, great characters, and cool concept, Kimmel takes an idea that could have been very rote and familiar and breathes new life into it. This is ghostly fare for girls who love books like Shug and Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. A rare genre to plumb, but a genre just the same.
Ages 8-14.
Seventh grader Kat has a situation on her hands. First of all, her mother’s a medium. "And I don't mean the kind that fits in between small and large." Rather she's the kind of person who contacts ghosts and spirits for a living. Kat’s never really had a problem with this job in the past, though certainly it would be more restful if her mom sought employment in another occupation. No, it’s not until Kat realizes that she herself is beginning to see ghosts everywhere that she starts freaking out. It’s not as if she’s the most popular girl at school to begin with, and now she has to keep from talking or even noticing the dead people floating all around her? Thank you, but no. Fortunately Kat’s just made a new friend at school with secrets of her own and the two of them are getting wrapped up in a mystery involving a dead student, a music program, and an old woman who has carried a blanket of shame with her for over forty years. This middle school medium may not want to bring her powers to class, but it’s clear that there's a reason they're there, and nothing's going to change that.
There are plenty of books out there that use supernatural metaphors to describe middle school and puberty. Buffy the Vampire Slayer did it on television with vampires. Dusssie by Nancy Springer gave menstruation a medusa-inspired twist. Even Perry Moore’s Hero was able to equate superpowers with coming out of the closet. The Suddenly Supernatural books are, in a sense, quieter fare than any of these. Kat hits puberty and suddenly she can see and hear ghosts. And like any teen or tween faced with the unnatural or weird, her instinct is to ignore her powers or do whatever it is that she can to cover them up and seem to be like everyone else. As she herself says, “I’m just not sure how to deal with it. I don’t know what’s expected of me. I’m in seventh grade, remember. Where you’re supposed to spend every waking hour trying to be normal.” The narrative is told entirely in the first person and you grow very fond of Kat and her inner struggle. Subplots involving conniving popular girls and the like keep the story moving, but really it’s Kat’s relationship with her new friend Jac that maintains the reader’s interest. When it all comes down to it, I really felt that the book held together well. It certainly works in different plot points and subplots to a satisfying conclusion. Some rote middle school elements are there, sure, but what Kimmel chooses to do with them is solid and original.
At heart, the story has a lot in common with M. Night Shymalan’s Sixth Sense. Yet one difference between the two is the fact that Kat’s mother is a medium and it’s not as if she is without support and help along the way. Again, it’s the relationships that really shine through in this tale. Kat’s mom is warm and lovely. One of those rare not dead/not villainous mothers you encounter in children’s literature once in a bright blue moon. Now with its subtitle firmly in place, I was pretty sure that this book was the first in a series. This feeling was later reinforced when Kat encounters a malevolent force that neither explains itself nor, for that matter, does much of anything except look threatening in the book. Clearly Kimmel has more adventures of her mini medium in store for her fans.
Of course, the book series is going to be hampered if Kimmel continues to include an overabundance of pop culture references like the ones found in this book. About the time I got to the mention of “the latest marriage of Tori Spelling” is started to cringe. A title like this, marketed correctly and creating a strong audience, could easily go through several reprints and reissues as long as it remains timeless. The pop culture tidbits don’t really gel with the rest of the book anyway. I don’t see Kat as just another consumer, so it feels weird to see mentions of this sort scattered throughout the text (though I’d admit to enjoying one boy’s performance of a “monologue” slash vomitfest from the documentary Super Size Me).
I know the audience for this book because I once was the audience. Back in the 80s I was one of those girls that couldn’t get enough ghost stories in my diet. I think that I personally sustained the careers of authors like Willo Davis Roberts and Mary Downing Hahn through a steady purchase of Apple paperbacks (via Scholastic book fairs, of course). Often I get girls at my reference desk desperate for a new ghost story. And while Hahn still corners the market on fabulous scare fare, Kimmel is clearly going to carve out a niche for herself. With its sympathetic heroine, great characters, and cool concept, Kimmel takes an idea that could have been very rote and familiar and breathes new life into it. This is ghostly fare for girls who love books like Shug and Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. A rare genre to plumb, but a genre just the same.
Ages 8-14.
November 10, 2008
There have been a batch of these books lately. You know--girl discovers her incredible psychic powers and begins solving mysteries. Usually there's a kooky but wise relative with similar powers, or a quirky shop that she works in, and usually a cute boy to fall in love with.
Luckily, Elizabeth Cody Kimmel is a deft writer and her book stands on its own merits. Her characters are younger than usual--they're in 7th grade, so the boy angle isn't in play--at least not in this first volume. There are the usual catty girls at school--but the central figure is not the usual all baddy, and the meanest mean girl has her funny moments. The various plot elements all work together and there's a bit of foreshadowing for the next volume.
All in all, good reading for middle schoolers.
Luckily, Elizabeth Cody Kimmel is a deft writer and her book stands on its own merits. Her characters are younger than usual--they're in 7th grade, so the boy angle isn't in play--at least not in this first volume. There are the usual catty girls at school--but the central figure is not the usual all baddy, and the meanest mean girl has her funny moments. The various plot elements all work together and there's a bit of foreshadowing for the next volume.
All in all, good reading for middle schoolers.
March 9, 2020
Kat adlı bir kızın ruhları görmeye başladıktan sonra Suzanne Bennis o ve arkadaşı Jac’ten yardım istiyor. Kat ve Jac bunu başarabilecek mi?
Bu kitabı okurken bazen merak bazen rahatladım. Herkese tavsiye ediyorum.
Bu kitabı okurken bazen merak bazen rahatladım. Herkese tavsiye ediyorum.
July 18, 2011
Sebagai remaja, tanpa adanya hantu-hantuan dan ibunya yang berprofesi sebagai cenayang, hidup Kat sudah penuh dengan masalah. Kat bukan gadis yang termasuk gadis populer malah cenderung menjadi bulan-bulanan kumpulan ‘mean girls’ di sekolahnya.
Kemampuan melihat hantu mulai muncul saat ia berusia 13 tahun, mau diabaikan salah, mau terus terang kepada ibunya Kat juga masih pikir-pikir. Tapi di saat hantu perempuan berkepang dua dengan seragam sekolah butut kerap muncul di perpustakaan sekolah, Kat mulai menyadari takdirnya. Siapa gadis itu? Apa hubungannya dengan Jac, teman baru Kat yang juga adalah seorang pemain Celo? Berhasil Kat dan Jac membantu arwah gadis berkepang dua itu?Baca sendiri untuk tahu lanjutannya.
Terus terang, awalnya saya takut membaca buku Suddenly Supernatural, untungnya buku setebal 207 halaman lebih menceritakan problematika Kat sebagai remaja ketimbang menakut-nakuti pembaca dengan arwah gentayangan. Remaja memang sering kali menjadi tokoh sentral buku young adult. Masa remaja adalah masa yang paling menyenangkan, menyedihkan, paling ingin dikenang dan paling ingin dilupakan. Kompleks. Krisis identitas juga sering terjadi pada usia remaja. Sama halnya dengan Kat, pribadinya yang penyendiri dan asumsi teman-temannya tentang ibunya yang aneh, mau tak mau membuat Kat menjadi rendah diri. Untungnya ada Jac, teman baru yang langsung akrab dengannya malah membuat Kat membuka diri dan bersama-sama mereka menyelidiki kasus arwah di perpustakaan sekolah.
Serial ini langsung menjadi serial baru favorit saya, perpaduan Malory Towers, The Mediator adalah kombinasi yang pas untuk melukiskan Suddenly Supernatural, seru dan menegangkan! Petualangan Kat dan Jac mencari penyelesaian masalah arwah gadis di perpustakaan membuat buku ini sayang untuk dilewatkan, lagian jarang-jarang kan ada buku Young Adult mengangkat tema arwah di sekolah?
Kisah Kat masih dapat kita nikmati karena serial ini di luar sudah sampai seri ke 4 dan dengar-dengar sih penerbit Atria segera menerbitkan buku keduanya yang berjudul Scaredy Kat. Ketimbang cover aslinya saya lebih suka cover Atria, karena lebih tidak seram :p
Elizabeth Cody Kimmel sepertinya memang menyukai hal-hal gothic dan berbau supernatural, ia juga menulis serial Lily B. yang kembali mengambil tokoh utama gadis remaja belasan tahun. Website resmi Suddenly Supernatural keren juga loh (http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/feat...) Kita bisa bermain kartu Tarot dan bertanya pada bola kristal, ada yang berminat menjadi penerus Kat? :0
Kemampuan melihat hantu mulai muncul saat ia berusia 13 tahun, mau diabaikan salah, mau terus terang kepada ibunya Kat juga masih pikir-pikir. Tapi di saat hantu perempuan berkepang dua dengan seragam sekolah butut kerap muncul di perpustakaan sekolah, Kat mulai menyadari takdirnya. Siapa gadis itu? Apa hubungannya dengan Jac, teman baru Kat yang juga adalah seorang pemain Celo? Berhasil Kat dan Jac membantu arwah gadis berkepang dua itu?Baca sendiri untuk tahu lanjutannya.
Terus terang, awalnya saya takut membaca buku Suddenly Supernatural, untungnya buku setebal 207 halaman lebih menceritakan problematika Kat sebagai remaja ketimbang menakut-nakuti pembaca dengan arwah gentayangan. Remaja memang sering kali menjadi tokoh sentral buku young adult. Masa remaja adalah masa yang paling menyenangkan, menyedihkan, paling ingin dikenang dan paling ingin dilupakan. Kompleks. Krisis identitas juga sering terjadi pada usia remaja. Sama halnya dengan Kat, pribadinya yang penyendiri dan asumsi teman-temannya tentang ibunya yang aneh, mau tak mau membuat Kat menjadi rendah diri. Untungnya ada Jac, teman baru yang langsung akrab dengannya malah membuat Kat membuka diri dan bersama-sama mereka menyelidiki kasus arwah di perpustakaan sekolah.
Serial ini langsung menjadi serial baru favorit saya, perpaduan Malory Towers, The Mediator adalah kombinasi yang pas untuk melukiskan Suddenly Supernatural, seru dan menegangkan! Petualangan Kat dan Jac mencari penyelesaian masalah arwah gadis di perpustakaan membuat buku ini sayang untuk dilewatkan, lagian jarang-jarang kan ada buku Young Adult mengangkat tema arwah di sekolah?
Kisah Kat masih dapat kita nikmati karena serial ini di luar sudah sampai seri ke 4 dan dengar-dengar sih penerbit Atria segera menerbitkan buku keduanya yang berjudul Scaredy Kat. Ketimbang cover aslinya saya lebih suka cover Atria, karena lebih tidak seram :p
Elizabeth Cody Kimmel sepertinya memang menyukai hal-hal gothic dan berbau supernatural, ia juga menulis serial Lily B. yang kembali mengambil tokoh utama gadis remaja belasan tahun. Website resmi Suddenly Supernatural keren juga loh (http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/feat...) Kita bisa bermain kartu Tarot dan bertanya pada bola kristal, ada yang berminat menjadi penerus Kat? :0
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January 27, 2024I LOVED this book as a child!! I've been trying to remember the title for years and finally found it
August 29, 2009
Seventh grade is hard enough, but when you're already struggling to find your niche in the popular crowd, it certainly doesn't http://www.goodreads.com/review/edit/... for the cool kids to find out that your mom is a Medium. But the reality for Kat is that nothing escapes the eyes of Shoshanna, Brooklyn and their omnipresent "Satellite Girls," so she's just about ready to exile herself into the seventh circle of social ineptitude. But then she makes friends with the new "Cello Girl," Jac, so-called for dragging a less-than-trendy instrument through the halls every day. Kat and Jac's blossoming friendship is put to the test when Kat inherits her mother's spirit sight and, in need of someone to confide in who isn't her mother, she tells her best and only friend. Kat has a secret, too, and as these girls battle to find their niche and get past some not-so-average teen issues, they find that together they can help a young ghost who has been trapped in the school for a very long time - and maybe this ghost has something to offer the girls as well. Suddenly Supernatural is a sweet coming-of age tale that, while wrapped in social cliches and soon-to-be passe pop culture references, will surely intrigue plenty of middle school girls. Kat and Jac may lack some of the depth that can be found in other young adult favorites, but their cute, spooky story doesn't need much more than these two girls who, ultimately, learn to love themselves for who they are. The book sets up for a sequel, and I am certainly curious as to the hijinx and horror that these girls might get themselves into in future volumes.
March 7, 2011
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Waduhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Berurusan dengan makhluk dari alam lain merupakan hal terakhir yang ingin kulakuan.
Sepertinya bukan rahasia lagi jika aku paling takut dengan mayat.
karena bagiku mayat mengeluarkan "hawa" yang membuatku tidak nyaman
Suatu saat aku nyaris pingsan di bemo saat melihat seseorang ikut menangisi sosok yang terbujur kaku di hadapannya. si mayat merupakan korban tabrakan. Seperti sinetron mendadak angin bertiup dan membuat koran yang menutupi wajah sang mayat sedikit tersingkap. Ternyata sama dengan wajah orang yang tadi kulihat menangis.........
Itu alasannya kenapa aku tidak bisa menjadi dokter
bagaimana bs menjadi dokter jika kelas anatomi sudah dipastikan gagal total
Itu juga alasannya kenapa aku jarang menunjukkan simpati dengan cara mendatangi rumah seseorang yang berduka, selama masih ada sosok yang tak bernyawa disana lebih.
Waduhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Berurusan dengan makhluk dari alam lain merupakan hal terakhir yang ingin kulakuan.
Sepertinya bukan rahasia lagi jika aku paling takut dengan mayat.
karena bagiku mayat mengeluarkan "hawa" yang membuatku tidak nyaman
Suatu saat aku nyaris pingsan di bemo saat melihat seseorang ikut menangisi sosok yang terbujur kaku di hadapannya. si mayat merupakan korban tabrakan. Seperti sinetron mendadak angin bertiup dan membuat koran yang menutupi wajah sang mayat sedikit tersingkap. Ternyata sama dengan wajah orang yang tadi kulihat menangis.........
Itu alasannya kenapa aku tidak bisa menjadi dokter
bagaimana bs menjadi dokter jika kelas anatomi sudah dipastikan gagal total
Itu juga alasannya kenapa aku jarang menunjukkan simpati dengan cara mendatangi rumah seseorang yang berduka, selama masih ada sosok yang tak bernyawa disana lebih.
July 17, 2019
I was in the library browsing books when the cover of this book caught my eye. I had already a pile of books in my basket and started to walk off telling myself, "Look dumb-dumb, you have enough books that probably equals the weight of 20 to 30 pounds, leave it for next time!", but I couldn't resist and circled back to get this book as well as the 2nd book next to it on the shelf. What can I say, when a book says, "PICK ME-PICK ME!", you listen, lol.
I'm so glad I did because I really enjoyed this book and can't wait to read the 2nd book. I also couldn't help ordering the series.
Kat's mother is a medium and sees and communicates with spirits. All Kat wants to be is normal, but after she turns 13, her worst fears are upon her and her hopes of being normal go out the window when she herself starts seeing spirits.
As if her troubles weren't bad enough, popular girl Shoshanna has gotten a look inside her house at the creepy things that went on during a school project they were meant to do and that weighs on Kat's mind of Shoshanna blabbering to the whole school what happened.
But all isn't bad when Kat and the new girl, Jac become best friends which leads both of them to help out a spirit who's been trapped and unable to cross over.
I really loved the characters and the story. It's a great story about not fitting in and that being what makes a person stand out in the best way. It's about friendship and coming together and also about loss and finding yourself.
The ending was heartfelt and I can't wait to see what happens next with Kat in the series as well as Jac I hope as well.
Great read!
I'm so glad I did because I really enjoyed this book and can't wait to read the 2nd book. I also couldn't help ordering the series.
Kat's mother is a medium and sees and communicates with spirits. All Kat wants to be is normal, but after she turns 13, her worst fears are upon her and her hopes of being normal go out the window when she herself starts seeing spirits.
As if her troubles weren't bad enough, popular girl Shoshanna has gotten a look inside her house at the creepy things that went on during a school project they were meant to do and that weighs on Kat's mind of Shoshanna blabbering to the whole school what happened.
But all isn't bad when Kat and the new girl, Jac become best friends which leads both of them to help out a spirit who's been trapped and unable to cross over.
I really loved the characters and the story. It's a great story about not fitting in and that being what makes a person stand out in the best way. It's about friendship and coming together and also about loss and finding yourself.
The ending was heartfelt and I can't wait to see what happens next with Kat in the series as well as Jac I hope as well.
Great read!
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March 25, 2024School Spirit
In this first chapter we don’t get to know this characters name, but her mother is a medium. This has presented a problem to her -a new junio high student-. She wants to tell her mother its ruining her life-and she’d try to stop-but her mother doesn’t need to change. She’s not all that popular regardless of having a mother who can speak to the dead, but things are looking up Shoshanna (one of the popular ones) is assigned to work with her on a project about the Hoover Dam (and she’s a 4.0 student).
Soshana is instantly impressed with (the girl’s mothers) baking skills. It’s not long before. A noise and a smell wafts into the room, but the girl explains it away as the furnace and the hoiler. So (the girl) tries to distract her again, but suddenly howls are heard.. The girl explains it away as her aunt Helen who she says is a “method actress” but Shoshana isn’t buying it. She knows something weird is going on. She says its like the house is possessed. The girl tells her to think what she wants but she shouldn’t tell anyone because everyone would think *she* was the one who was crazy. Then the girl sees a lamp rise. She tells Soshana just to go and Soshana does just as the bag pipes start up again.
Her mom comes out and says she was trying to call up an ancestor for someone of a pipe major for the Black WatchRegement at Waterloo. Things like this have made it hard for this character to have a normal life. There have been incidents but fortunately no one’s seen them but (the character) knows it’s only a matter of time. To make things worse now *she’s* also starting to experience the same things as her mother.
(The character) has noticed a red-haired girl that lulls around a cello that showed up in March that she feels a connection too. Soshanna isn’t in school that day -which is a good thing-. Now she can’t broadcast what she saw. There aren’t any seats in the lunchroom so she has to sit with “Cello Girl”. The girl says her name is JAC. We finally find out this girl’s name is Cat. JAC likes her skeleton earrings. She says she’s from Ithica and they came for a cello teacher, Then she says she has to take care of her “ball and chain” (her cello) and like that she’s gone. For the next few days tho they sit together at lunch and become friends. Now Cat knows how the spirits feel when they find her mom.
When Cat gets home she sees that her mother has received a letter. Someone wants her help but they won’t come to her-which Cat doesn’t understand-. It’s rude and disrespectful. They take a walk to the river and get doughnuts; Cat tells her mom about her new friend. She’s so busy talking she bumps into a man and says “Exscue me”. Only the man is deceased. Only she doesn’t tell her mother and the man moves on enjoying his walk. Later, Cat’s mom tells her She pretends instead she burped. On the way home, her mom tells her she found a flier for a German Shepard. His name is Max. Max also gets along with spirits. So they go pick him up.
There’s another incident that seals Cat and Jac’s friendship. Shoshana returns to school. She comes over to Cat’s table and tells her she needs help prepping for next week’s dance (cutting out jewels and astronomical shapes). She gives this as a order. Jac tho tells her she can’t. She s going with her to the library. Without another word she helps Jac carry the “old ball and chain” to the library. Cat tells her afterwards sometimes it’s just better to do what Shoshana and the Satellite Girls want you do, but Jac doesn’t see the big deal and takes this to mean Cat is worried about their approval. Cat is pleased to learn that Jac has taken to Max and invites her over to meet him. One of the Satellite Girls (Brooklyn) confronts Cat the next day at school and tells her she heard about her mom and asks her what its like having a freak for a mother. Personally, I would have slapped the ish out of this girl-well would have wanted to- But Cat doesn’t say anything. She notices Shoshana but she doesn’t say anything and just walks away. After a minute Broooklyn follows her. Cat starts to think maybe she’s a freak too. After this she meets Jac in the library and they work on their bio project.
While they’re hanging out and laughing about an imitation Jac is doing of Shoshana a book falls off the shelf for no reason. Cat just puts the book back. Jac asks if their friends (real friends) and Cat says yes. She hints at telling her something about herself. Then she mentions the teacher she came there for. Just then a book throws itself at her feet. So, Cat has to tell her that weird things happen around her sometimes and hopes she can leave it at that. But Jac wants to know what she does about it. Jac picks up the book and puts it on the table saying maybe it’s lonely. IT’s an old school yearbook from the 60s. So, they start to look at the odd hairstyles. The pages start to turn on their own and when it stops it’s on a girl holding a flute-lots of angles, palre-. The girl name is Suzanne. and an inscription says “In Loving Memory”. Jac wants to know how she died. Cat wants to know too. Cat realizes there’s someone behind Jac. It’s Suzzane. Cat thinks not now. When she looks again Suzzane is gone.Jac though tells her she’s ready for her to tell her what just happened.
Cat tells her she will but not there and invites her to come to her house. On the way out the door, in the hall she hears Shoshana again asking her to stay and work on the decorations. She says please-something she isn’t known to do-. But then at the end of the hall Cat sees Suzanne and she tells her No. She’s not ready. She needs some time. Shoshana thinks she’s talking to her but Cat quickly gets out of there. Jac tells her it was a weird way to handle things but Cat says she wasn’t talking to Shoshana. She was talking to Suzanna and then tells Jac she sees dead people.
Then she explains about her mom and then what’s been happening to her since she turned 13. Jac wants to know what her mom said about it but Cat confides she hasn’t told her. Although her mom might consider it a gift. She considers it a burden. Cat notices she isn’t freaking out. Then Jac realizes she must have seen Suzzanne. Later that night after the cozy afternoon they have, while in bed, Cat realizes Jac didn’t tell her what her secret was. They don’t have to go to school because it’s Superintendants Day. Cat and Jac go to the natural history museum. Jac sees another spirit(s) of an ox, and a wagon there’s a man in the front and they go through trffic and through the wall of a Taco Bell. In one of the rooms, there’s a girl named Gwen. She’s about to call to her but she sees a woman (dead) trying to get her attention. Instead she goes over to Gwen. JC extends her hand to the woman that she introduces as her mom. She has on an apothery outfit and says she volunteers there. Cat thought for a minute because of her clothes she was a spirit and didn’t know who was who and wasn’t. She registers something in another room and they quickly go out to the garden to have their lunch,
Cat brings up the secret and Jac says she’s been lying about playing the Cello. Then she talks about how she chocked at a big performance and hasn’t been able to play since. There’s an elderly woman and a Native boy standing in the door but Cat mouths “No” and they move on. She goes to lessons but she just doesn’t play at them and her teacher doesn’t make her. At the end of the talk, JC tells her she needs to talk to her mother. So she tells her at dinner, but her mom already knows. She tells her about what happened at the museum, but her mother says it’s not accelerating she was just in a place full of dead people. Her mom seems to understand and says it takes time to get comfortable with it. Her mom says she’ll help her but its all in her intuition. She says in time tho she’ll be approached by someone who wants to get her attention. She says she already has and they stay up talking all night. Cat goes to the library early the next day and here’s Brooklyn on the phone saying she cheated on her diet. When she gets off she notices Cat and gets her face again about her mom. This time Cat stands up to her and tells her what if her mom is a watch. Would she really be so stupid to talk about her. Then how does she know she doesn’t have her gift and a matter of fact she does. Then she performs a fake incantation that runs Brooklyn off (and scares her) but then Suzzane appears. She tells Cat she knows she’s dead before vanishing. After this an alarm goes off. (Brooklen accused Cat’s mother of being fake and told her she should change schools because no one liked her).
Immediately Cat goes to Jac’s. Once there,there’s an elderly man in the room, that Cat realizes she wouldn’t mind being around. Then Jac appears and she tells her everything that happened, She tells her she doesn’t know if Suzzane came because of the ritual or she was just trying to contact her. They do some Goggling and find out on the school’s site that in the sixties the school was shut down for some days because of a meningitis epidemic but no name for Suzzane comes up when searched. Then Jac’s mom appears and tells her she has cello practice. While walking Cat out, she tells Jac her place is haunted.
Cat tells her mom and she suggests she have a séance. She thinks she was trying to seek Cat out and it wasn’t about crossing over. Cat calls Jac and she’s found out that Suzzane was a student of her Cello teacher. So she’s the link to her. Jac says she asked and her teacher said she was Suzzane’s flute teacher and she was one of the most talented students she ever had. She said she got sick and died and there’s a scholarshop in her name. Cat says her mother says she should have it before dawn, but how will she break into the school? Jac says she has a key. First they go to the library’s historical archives. They find out that apart of the library now used to be the music room. They also find guidelines and requirements for the scholarship. It stops after one year. Only one winner listed. They find out that Suzzane and the Cello teacher are related.
In the library, there’s a dark formless shape hoovering in the air. Something feels wrong and Cat knows they should leave. Things around it seem distorted, They hear Suzzane’s voice asking why they stopped. She talks about pain and guilt. Suzzane is a drained voice says she’s blameless and then says bring her if you think you can. She says she has to understand what it means to stop forever and then she fades out. Jac says she heard her playing. She says she doesn’t think she was talking about the music teacher. She thinks she was talking about *her* and asking why *she* stopped playing. They come up with the idea that the teacher dedicated her life to bringing musicians back. So why did Suzzane stop play? Did her relative do this because of Suzzane? Her teacher also said to stop is to die just like Suzzane said. They both vow to find out why the scholarship was stopped. Jac says she can find out.
A prank is pulled and someone puts a sign up on Cat’s locker complete with a beaded curtain indicating that Cat is a tarot reader (fortune teller). Cat freaks out but Jac quickly straightens her out. There’s a librarian that finds some more information. The balance never stopped coming so there’s a hefty amount at the bank. Jac goes to Miss Wittencour with the yearbook and the scholarship. She says she never should have let the scholarship last. She admits that she was her niece. She nagged her mother to let her play because she had big dreams for her. She says its her fault she died. There was a big audition. Suzzane and another student were supposed to play a duet. The other girl got sick. The girl got it after the audition and Suzzane got it days later. Suzzane died because of it. Her mother blamed her for her daughter’s death. She (Jac) says they have to go to the dance to show that Cat wasn’t scarred for life. She needs to face her fears. Later they attend some kind of performance with some of the students in the library. Miss Wittencour comes as they hoped. The plan is for Jac to preform to get past her block. Cat calls forth Suzzane. She tells her she has to play so the teacher will hear. She’ll get Jac to come up and play with her. Cat announces a new program in honor of Suzanne. Then she calls Suzanne up to the stage to play. She then introduces Miss Wittencour and then Jac to receive the scholarship. Jac says no way. She says when the teacher hears she’ll let go off all her guilt. They play beautifully and Cat can tell the teacher heard. Someone says whose that other girl than all the lights go out. Shoshana sees Cat afterward and tells her she’s not down with now Brooklyn has been talking about her mom and says she’ll tell her to lighten up. Jac is furious with Cat but they make up, But she says while its good she can play she has to decide if she even wants to and to accept the scholarship, She feels like she was never given a choice and she wants to make sure that’s who she is and what she wants. Later, after they eat Cat wonders if Shoshana went to her mother after her grandmother died because she says she thinks it’s going to be ok. Then she decides even if she is a medium, she’s ok with it.
My Thoughts
I just keep thinking why is so much detail (and time) being spent on the dog? I thought he was going to be one of the spirits-which actually might have been cool-. More time was spent at the start of the book on him and the popular girls than the actual “supernatural” parts (until the end). I just don’t know tho. Why is it that people in books who are different don’t EVER seem to grasp that what’s usually different about them actually makes them cooler than the people they think are normal. Sook if I were in the seventh grade I don’t know how I’d feel if I just saw dead people walking about. My uncle passed last year (well two of them) and I had a dream that he picked me up from the movies in a car and took me to a cemetary and *that* freaked me out. I can’t imagine if I actually saw him riding around in a car and no one else did. But perhaps just like on the tv show “Medium” if your called on to help oeple (even dead ones) that’s the up side to it all. Yes, I know it’s creepy but you’d probably be doing more good in a day than the people you want to accept you not for being different. Then if you can summon dead people that’s even better. You can summon the spirits of loved ones. You can summon the spirits of people in life that can help you along the way in life. There was this show a LONG time ago called “A Little Bit Strange”. It’s so rare it’s not even on You Tube but there was this girl named Tasha whose was a witch and she summonded the spirit of Ben Franklin to help her answer a homework question. Think of who all you could talk to and what you could ask. So you see, being “Different” might be more a blessing than a “burden”
Rating: 5
In this first chapter we don’t get to know this characters name, but her mother is a medium. This has presented a problem to her -a new junio high student-. She wants to tell her mother its ruining her life-and she’d try to stop-but her mother doesn’t need to change. She’s not all that popular regardless of having a mother who can speak to the dead, but things are looking up Shoshanna (one of the popular ones) is assigned to work with her on a project about the Hoover Dam (and she’s a 4.0 student).
Soshana is instantly impressed with (the girl’s mothers) baking skills. It’s not long before. A noise and a smell wafts into the room, but the girl explains it away as the furnace and the hoiler. So (the girl) tries to distract her again, but suddenly howls are heard.. The girl explains it away as her aunt Helen who she says is a “method actress” but Shoshana isn’t buying it. She knows something weird is going on. She says its like the house is possessed. The girl tells her to think what she wants but she shouldn’t tell anyone because everyone would think *she* was the one who was crazy. Then the girl sees a lamp rise. She tells Soshana just to go and Soshana does just as the bag pipes start up again.
Her mom comes out and says she was trying to call up an ancestor for someone of a pipe major for the Black WatchRegement at Waterloo. Things like this have made it hard for this character to have a normal life. There have been incidents but fortunately no one’s seen them but (the character) knows it’s only a matter of time. To make things worse now *she’s* also starting to experience the same things as her mother.
(The character) has noticed a red-haired girl that lulls around a cello that showed up in March that she feels a connection too. Soshanna isn’t in school that day -which is a good thing-. Now she can’t broadcast what she saw. There aren’t any seats in the lunchroom so she has to sit with “Cello Girl”. The girl says her name is JAC. We finally find out this girl’s name is Cat. JAC likes her skeleton earrings. She says she’s from Ithica and they came for a cello teacher, Then she says she has to take care of her “ball and chain” (her cello) and like that she’s gone. For the next few days tho they sit together at lunch and become friends. Now Cat knows how the spirits feel when they find her mom.
When Cat gets home she sees that her mother has received a letter. Someone wants her help but they won’t come to her-which Cat doesn’t understand-. It’s rude and disrespectful. They take a walk to the river and get doughnuts; Cat tells her mom about her new friend. She’s so busy talking she bumps into a man and says “Exscue me”. Only the man is deceased. Only she doesn’t tell her mother and the man moves on enjoying his walk. Later, Cat’s mom tells her She pretends instead she burped. On the way home, her mom tells her she found a flier for a German Shepard. His name is Max. Max also gets along with spirits. So they go pick him up.
There’s another incident that seals Cat and Jac’s friendship. Shoshana returns to school. She comes over to Cat’s table and tells her she needs help prepping for next week’s dance (cutting out jewels and astronomical shapes). She gives this as a order. Jac tho tells her she can’t. She s going with her to the library. Without another word she helps Jac carry the “old ball and chain” to the library. Cat tells her afterwards sometimes it’s just better to do what Shoshana and the Satellite Girls want you do, but Jac doesn’t see the big deal and takes this to mean Cat is worried about their approval. Cat is pleased to learn that Jac has taken to Max and invites her over to meet him. One of the Satellite Girls (Brooklyn) confronts Cat the next day at school and tells her she heard about her mom and asks her what its like having a freak for a mother. Personally, I would have slapped the ish out of this girl-well would have wanted to- But Cat doesn’t say anything. She notices Shoshana but she doesn’t say anything and just walks away. After a minute Broooklyn follows her. Cat starts to think maybe she’s a freak too. After this she meets Jac in the library and they work on their bio project.
While they’re hanging out and laughing about an imitation Jac is doing of Shoshana a book falls off the shelf for no reason. Cat just puts the book back. Jac asks if their friends (real friends) and Cat says yes. She hints at telling her something about herself. Then she mentions the teacher she came there for. Just then a book throws itself at her feet. So, Cat has to tell her that weird things happen around her sometimes and hopes she can leave it at that. But Jac wants to know what she does about it. Jac picks up the book and puts it on the table saying maybe it’s lonely. IT’s an old school yearbook from the 60s. So, they start to look at the odd hairstyles. The pages start to turn on their own and when it stops it’s on a girl holding a flute-lots of angles, palre-. The girl name is Suzanne. and an inscription says “In Loving Memory”. Jac wants to know how she died. Cat wants to know too. Cat realizes there’s someone behind Jac. It’s Suzzane. Cat thinks not now. When she looks again Suzzane is gone.Jac though tells her she’s ready for her to tell her what just happened.
Cat tells her she will but not there and invites her to come to her house. On the way out the door, in the hall she hears Shoshana again asking her to stay and work on the decorations. She says please-something she isn’t known to do-. But then at the end of the hall Cat sees Suzanne and she tells her No. She’s not ready. She needs some time. Shoshana thinks she’s talking to her but Cat quickly gets out of there. Jac tells her it was a weird way to handle things but Cat says she wasn’t talking to Shoshana. She was talking to Suzanna and then tells Jac she sees dead people.
Then she explains about her mom and then what’s been happening to her since she turned 13. Jac wants to know what her mom said about it but Cat confides she hasn’t told her. Although her mom might consider it a gift. She considers it a burden. Cat notices she isn’t freaking out. Then Jac realizes she must have seen Suzzanne. Later that night after the cozy afternoon they have, while in bed, Cat realizes Jac didn’t tell her what her secret was. They don’t have to go to school because it’s Superintendants Day. Cat and Jac go to the natural history museum. Jac sees another spirit(s) of an ox, and a wagon there’s a man in the front and they go through trffic and through the wall of a Taco Bell. In one of the rooms, there’s a girl named Gwen. She’s about to call to her but she sees a woman (dead) trying to get her attention. Instead she goes over to Gwen. JC extends her hand to the woman that she introduces as her mom. She has on an apothery outfit and says she volunteers there. Cat thought for a minute because of her clothes she was a spirit and didn’t know who was who and wasn’t. She registers something in another room and they quickly go out to the garden to have their lunch,
Cat brings up the secret and Jac says she’s been lying about playing the Cello. Then she talks about how she chocked at a big performance and hasn’t been able to play since. There’s an elderly woman and a Native boy standing in the door but Cat mouths “No” and they move on. She goes to lessons but she just doesn’t play at them and her teacher doesn’t make her. At the end of the talk, JC tells her she needs to talk to her mother. So she tells her at dinner, but her mom already knows. She tells her about what happened at the museum, but her mother says it’s not accelerating she was just in a place full of dead people. Her mom seems to understand and says it takes time to get comfortable with it. Her mom says she’ll help her but its all in her intuition. She says in time tho she’ll be approached by someone who wants to get her attention. She says she already has and they stay up talking all night. Cat goes to the library early the next day and here’s Brooklyn on the phone saying she cheated on her diet. When she gets off she notices Cat and gets her face again about her mom. This time Cat stands up to her and tells her what if her mom is a watch. Would she really be so stupid to talk about her. Then how does she know she doesn’t have her gift and a matter of fact she does. Then she performs a fake incantation that runs Brooklyn off (and scares her) but then Suzzane appears. She tells Cat she knows she’s dead before vanishing. After this an alarm goes off. (Brooklen accused Cat’s mother of being fake and told her she should change schools because no one liked her).
Immediately Cat goes to Jac’s. Once there,there’s an elderly man in the room, that Cat realizes she wouldn’t mind being around. Then Jac appears and she tells her everything that happened, She tells her she doesn’t know if Suzzane came because of the ritual or she was just trying to contact her. They do some Goggling and find out on the school’s site that in the sixties the school was shut down for some days because of a meningitis epidemic but no name for Suzzane comes up when searched. Then Jac’s mom appears and tells her she has cello practice. While walking Cat out, she tells Jac her place is haunted.
Cat tells her mom and she suggests she have a séance. She thinks she was trying to seek Cat out and it wasn’t about crossing over. Cat calls Jac and she’s found out that Suzzane was a student of her Cello teacher. So she’s the link to her. Jac says she asked and her teacher said she was Suzzane’s flute teacher and she was one of the most talented students she ever had. She said she got sick and died and there’s a scholarshop in her name. Cat says her mother says she should have it before dawn, but how will she break into the school? Jac says she has a key. First they go to the library’s historical archives. They find out that apart of the library now used to be the music room. They also find guidelines and requirements for the scholarship. It stops after one year. Only one winner listed. They find out that Suzzane and the Cello teacher are related.
In the library, there’s a dark formless shape hoovering in the air. Something feels wrong and Cat knows they should leave. Things around it seem distorted, They hear Suzzane’s voice asking why they stopped. She talks about pain and guilt. Suzzane is a drained voice says she’s blameless and then says bring her if you think you can. She says she has to understand what it means to stop forever and then she fades out. Jac says she heard her playing. She says she doesn’t think she was talking about the music teacher. She thinks she was talking about *her* and asking why *she* stopped playing. They come up with the idea that the teacher dedicated her life to bringing musicians back. So why did Suzzane stop play? Did her relative do this because of Suzzane? Her teacher also said to stop is to die just like Suzzane said. They both vow to find out why the scholarship was stopped. Jac says she can find out.
A prank is pulled and someone puts a sign up on Cat’s locker complete with a beaded curtain indicating that Cat is a tarot reader (fortune teller). Cat freaks out but Jac quickly straightens her out. There’s a librarian that finds some more information. The balance never stopped coming so there’s a hefty amount at the bank. Jac goes to Miss Wittencour with the yearbook and the scholarship. She says she never should have let the scholarship last. She admits that she was her niece. She nagged her mother to let her play because she had big dreams for her. She says its her fault she died. There was a big audition. Suzzane and another student were supposed to play a duet. The other girl got sick. The girl got it after the audition and Suzzane got it days later. Suzzane died because of it. Her mother blamed her for her daughter’s death. She (Jac) says they have to go to the dance to show that Cat wasn’t scarred for life. She needs to face her fears. Later they attend some kind of performance with some of the students in the library. Miss Wittencour comes as they hoped. The plan is for Jac to preform to get past her block. Cat calls forth Suzzane. She tells her she has to play so the teacher will hear. She’ll get Jac to come up and play with her. Cat announces a new program in honor of Suzanne. Then she calls Suzanne up to the stage to play. She then introduces Miss Wittencour and then Jac to receive the scholarship. Jac says no way. She says when the teacher hears she’ll let go off all her guilt. They play beautifully and Cat can tell the teacher heard. Someone says whose that other girl than all the lights go out. Shoshana sees Cat afterward and tells her she’s not down with now Brooklyn has been talking about her mom and says she’ll tell her to lighten up. Jac is furious with Cat but they make up, But she says while its good she can play she has to decide if she even wants to and to accept the scholarship, She feels like she was never given a choice and she wants to make sure that’s who she is and what she wants. Later, after they eat Cat wonders if Shoshana went to her mother after her grandmother died because she says she thinks it’s going to be ok. Then she decides even if she is a medium, she’s ok with it.
My Thoughts
I just keep thinking why is so much detail (and time) being spent on the dog? I thought he was going to be one of the spirits-which actually might have been cool-. More time was spent at the start of the book on him and the popular girls than the actual “supernatural” parts (until the end). I just don’t know tho. Why is it that people in books who are different don’t EVER seem to grasp that what’s usually different about them actually makes them cooler than the people they think are normal. Sook if I were in the seventh grade I don’t know how I’d feel if I just saw dead people walking about. My uncle passed last year (well two of them) and I had a dream that he picked me up from the movies in a car and took me to a cemetary and *that* freaked me out. I can’t imagine if I actually saw him riding around in a car and no one else did. But perhaps just like on the tv show “Medium” if your called on to help oeple (even dead ones) that’s the up side to it all. Yes, I know it’s creepy but you’d probably be doing more good in a day than the people you want to accept you not for being different. Then if you can summon dead people that’s even better. You can summon the spirits of loved ones. You can summon the spirits of people in life that can help you along the way in life. There was this show a LONG time ago called “A Little Bit Strange”. It’s so rare it’s not even on You Tube but there was this girl named Tasha whose was a witch and she summonded the spirit of Ben Franklin to help her answer a homework question. Think of who all you could talk to and what you could ask. So you see, being “Different” might be more a blessing than a “burden”
Rating: 5
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 20, 2012
Judul : Suddenly Supernatural, Arwah Di Sekolah
Pengarang : Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
Penerjemah : Barokah Ruziati
Penyunting : Ida Wajdi
Penyelaras Aksara : Fenty Nadia
Pewajah Isi : Aniza
ISBN : 978-979-024-467-2
Penerbit : Atria an imprint of PT Serambi Ilmu Semesta Jln. Kenang Timur Raya No. 16, Jakarta 12730
Cetakan 1 : Februari 2011
Buku ini menceritakan anak dari seorang medium,Kat –tokoh utama novel ini- mempunyai ibu yang seorang medium, itu loh, yang bisa menghubungkan para arwah dari dunia sana dengan dunia sini atau juga yang bisa manggil arwah dan tentu saja melihatnya. Sebagian orang berpendapat mungkin kedengarannya keren, tapi TIDAK buat Kat. Bayangkan saja, disaat Kat -yang bisa dianggap kurang populer di sekolah, tapi sangat pintar- tiba-tiba kedatangan Shoshanna, yang merupakan makhluk paling populer di sekolah buat. Saat mereka sedang mengerjakan tugas, awalnya memang berjalan dengan lancar dan bahkan Kat dapat ngobrol tentang masalah yang populer dan natural dengan orang yang populer dan normal, Shoshanna malah merasakan hal-hal yang kurang populer dan supernatural di rumah Kat! Hawa dingin yang mencekam, suara teriakan yang memecahkan gendang telinga dan hal-hal mistis lainnya. Tentu saja Shoshanna malah jadi ketakutan dan Kat tidak bisa lagi menyembunyikan hal yang SEHARUSNYA dapat disembunyikan itu. Bahkan yang lebih gawatnya, Shoshanna berniat untuk menyebarkannya di sekolah dan membuat Kat menjadi makhluk “supernatural” di sekolahnya! Kat merasa sangat terancam dan ingin menyalahkan Ibunya, tapi Kat gak bisa karena Ibunya yang super pengertian dengan Kat. Akhirnya Kat hanya dapat pasrah dan berdoa semoga Shoshanna tidak menyebarkan ‘rumah berhantunya’ di sekolah.
Untungnya Shoshanna tidak masuk selama satu minggu; denger-denger neneknya meninggal dan tentu saja memberi angin segar buat Kat. Disaat masa-masa damai Kat, ternyata ada murid baru yang bernama Jac. Sebagai seorang yang pernah merasakan menjadi murid baru selama enam bulan dan menjadi salah satu bagian dari kumpulan orang yang kurang populer, maka dimulailah pertemanan Kat dan Jac. Sebagai seorang teman mau tidak mau kita pasti harus berbagi cerita dan hal itu membuat Kat sangat takut. Bagaimana nanti reaksi Jack kalau dia tahu ibunya seorang medium. Kat takut kalau Jac menjauhinya, takut kalau Jac tidak mau lagi berteman dengannya, takut kalau Jac malah memusuhinya. Padahal Kat sudah nyaman berteman dengan Jac.
Hal ini diperparah ketika ulang tahun Kat yang ke-tigabelas. Ketika pertama kalinya Kat menyadari bahwa dia tidak hanya mempunyai ibu yang seorang medium, tapi dia juga mewarisi bakat ibunya, karena Kat dapat melihat arwah-arwah itu juga. Saat itu juga Kat ingin menyalahkan ibunya, tapi mungkin saja malah ibunya merasa senang dan untuk sementara Kat harus menyembunyikan bakatnya itu dulu dari ibunya. wajar saja di saat orang-orang bangga dengan bakat mereka di bidang akademik, olahraga atau musik seperti Jac, Kat malah mendapatkan bakat di bidang supernatural-yang jelas-jelas Kat tidak menginginkannya.
Kat yang sudah sangat akrab dengan Jac dan saling berbagi cerita (minus cerita supernatural), Kat mengalami kejadian supernaturalnya di perpustakaan bersama Jac. Mula-mula hawa dingin yang mencekam, album kenangan yang walaupun sudah diletakkan kembali ke rak tapi jatuh lagi dan parahnya Kat melihat arwah perempuan yang fotonya ada di album kenangan sekolah yang berulang kali jatuh tadi! Wajar saja Jac jadi penasaran kenapa peristiwa-peristiwa ganjil itu bisa terjadi di sana? Mau nggak mau Kat harus menceritakannya semuanya- mulai dari ibu nya yang seorang medium hinggga Kat yang mewarisi bakat ibu nya. Yang ditunggu jelas reaksi Jac, apakah Jac malah mendukung dan masih mau berteman dengannya atau malah Jac berbalik memusuhi dan takut dengan Kat. Masalahnya, arwah yang menampakkan wujudnya tadi itu, ada hubungan erat dengan Jac: mereka sama-sama seorang musisi yang berbakat. Tentu saja, dengan sangat berat hati Kat harus membantu sahabat yang sudah sangat dekat dengan dia itu.
Pengarang : Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
Penerjemah : Barokah Ruziati
Penyunting : Ida Wajdi
Penyelaras Aksara : Fenty Nadia
Pewajah Isi : Aniza
ISBN : 978-979-024-467-2
Penerbit : Atria an imprint of PT Serambi Ilmu Semesta Jln. Kenang Timur Raya No. 16, Jakarta 12730
Cetakan 1 : Februari 2011
Buku ini menceritakan anak dari seorang medium,Kat –tokoh utama novel ini- mempunyai ibu yang seorang medium, itu loh, yang bisa menghubungkan para arwah dari dunia sana dengan dunia sini atau juga yang bisa manggil arwah dan tentu saja melihatnya. Sebagian orang berpendapat mungkin kedengarannya keren, tapi TIDAK buat Kat. Bayangkan saja, disaat Kat -yang bisa dianggap kurang populer di sekolah, tapi sangat pintar- tiba-tiba kedatangan Shoshanna, yang merupakan makhluk paling populer di sekolah buat. Saat mereka sedang mengerjakan tugas, awalnya memang berjalan dengan lancar dan bahkan Kat dapat ngobrol tentang masalah yang populer dan natural dengan orang yang populer dan normal, Shoshanna malah merasakan hal-hal yang kurang populer dan supernatural di rumah Kat! Hawa dingin yang mencekam, suara teriakan yang memecahkan gendang telinga dan hal-hal mistis lainnya. Tentu saja Shoshanna malah jadi ketakutan dan Kat tidak bisa lagi menyembunyikan hal yang SEHARUSNYA dapat disembunyikan itu. Bahkan yang lebih gawatnya, Shoshanna berniat untuk menyebarkannya di sekolah dan membuat Kat menjadi makhluk “supernatural” di sekolahnya! Kat merasa sangat terancam dan ingin menyalahkan Ibunya, tapi Kat gak bisa karena Ibunya yang super pengertian dengan Kat. Akhirnya Kat hanya dapat pasrah dan berdoa semoga Shoshanna tidak menyebarkan ‘rumah berhantunya’ di sekolah.
Untungnya Shoshanna tidak masuk selama satu minggu; denger-denger neneknya meninggal dan tentu saja memberi angin segar buat Kat. Disaat masa-masa damai Kat, ternyata ada murid baru yang bernama Jac. Sebagai seorang yang pernah merasakan menjadi murid baru selama enam bulan dan menjadi salah satu bagian dari kumpulan orang yang kurang populer, maka dimulailah pertemanan Kat dan Jac. Sebagai seorang teman mau tidak mau kita pasti harus berbagi cerita dan hal itu membuat Kat sangat takut. Bagaimana nanti reaksi Jack kalau dia tahu ibunya seorang medium. Kat takut kalau Jac menjauhinya, takut kalau Jac tidak mau lagi berteman dengannya, takut kalau Jac malah memusuhinya. Padahal Kat sudah nyaman berteman dengan Jac.
Hal ini diperparah ketika ulang tahun Kat yang ke-tigabelas. Ketika pertama kalinya Kat menyadari bahwa dia tidak hanya mempunyai ibu yang seorang medium, tapi dia juga mewarisi bakat ibunya, karena Kat dapat melihat arwah-arwah itu juga. Saat itu juga Kat ingin menyalahkan ibunya, tapi mungkin saja malah ibunya merasa senang dan untuk sementara Kat harus menyembunyikan bakatnya itu dulu dari ibunya. wajar saja di saat orang-orang bangga dengan bakat mereka di bidang akademik, olahraga atau musik seperti Jac, Kat malah mendapatkan bakat di bidang supernatural-yang jelas-jelas Kat tidak menginginkannya.
Kat yang sudah sangat akrab dengan Jac dan saling berbagi cerita (minus cerita supernatural), Kat mengalami kejadian supernaturalnya di perpustakaan bersama Jac. Mula-mula hawa dingin yang mencekam, album kenangan yang walaupun sudah diletakkan kembali ke rak tapi jatuh lagi dan parahnya Kat melihat arwah perempuan yang fotonya ada di album kenangan sekolah yang berulang kali jatuh tadi! Wajar saja Jac jadi penasaran kenapa peristiwa-peristiwa ganjil itu bisa terjadi di sana? Mau nggak mau Kat harus menceritakannya semuanya- mulai dari ibu nya yang seorang medium hinggga Kat yang mewarisi bakat ibu nya. Yang ditunggu jelas reaksi Jac, apakah Jac malah mendukung dan masih mau berteman dengannya atau malah Jac berbalik memusuhi dan takut dengan Kat. Masalahnya, arwah yang menampakkan wujudnya tadi itu, ada hubungan erat dengan Jac: mereka sama-sama seorang musisi yang berbakat. Tentu saja, dengan sangat berat hati Kat harus membantu sahabat yang sudah sangat dekat dengan dia itu.
January 5, 2020
I remember reading this book in the seventh-eighth grade. I forgot the title of the book and then weeks later, I was scrolling through the books that I might've enjoyed. I saw this book and remembered 'hey, that's the book that I remembered when I was in middle school.' Unfortunately, the rest of the books weren't in my classroom library.
Anyway, this book was written for middle schoolers, and I happen to be a eighteen year old.
I happen to understand living in haunted houses. I'm not a medium, so I can't relate to that. Footsteps, being called to even though no one called you, seeing people that you knew weren't there before, the sink being turned on even though no one could've turned it on... that sort of thing.
I remember that my middle school didn't have that popular, goth, jock, or cheerleader group. I think there was a group that wore black clothes. I guess everyone gravitated to each other and formed their own group.
Despite being in the first person point of view, I wasn't annoyed at Kat. It didn't seem like she was whining, she was quirky, and had her flaws. I mean, forcing your best friend up to the stage to play a cello that she didn't want to do in the first place is kind of flawed and mean.
At least she admits that she's not exactly nice and admitted that she can be rude. Kat felt guilty of using her medium skills to pull a prank on Brooklyn and actually goes to her mother for help. She tried to keep the fact that she's a medium a secret but feels bad for hiding it. She's the type of person that wants to fit in but decides 'who cares' and be herself.
If she existed in the real world, she would be the person that I want in a friend.
They mentioned the song Lady Marmalade, so I decided to look the song up. I tried to find a lyric video, did, but no sound. I looked up the music video. The video... so to speak... was... yeah.
There was French in the song.
This part:
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi?
This other part:
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir? (Ce soir, what what what)
Voulez vous coucher avec moi?
One more for the road:
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir? (Ce soir)
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi? (All my sistas, yeah)
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir? (Ce soir)
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi? (Come on! Uh)
It could be the Google translation, but...
That roughly translates to: Do you want to sleep with me? Do you want to sleep with me, tonight?
There's also wine and sex mentioned in the lyrics.
No wonder the school decided not to allow SEVENTH GRADERS to sing that song. Or at least dance to it like the video, or wear some of the clothing from the video.
So... if you like paranormal/mediums/spirits/non-romance type of book, you can read this book. It's a fun little read, I read it all in one day since I got this book.
Now, off to the second one.
Anyway, this book was written for middle schoolers, and I happen to be a eighteen year old.
I happen to understand living in haunted houses. I'm not a medium, so I can't relate to that. Footsteps, being called to even though no one called you, seeing people that you knew weren't there before, the sink being turned on even though no one could've turned it on... that sort of thing.
I remember that my middle school didn't have that popular, goth, jock, or cheerleader group. I think there was a group that wore black clothes. I guess everyone gravitated to each other and formed their own group.
Despite being in the first person point of view, I wasn't annoyed at Kat. It didn't seem like she was whining, she was quirky, and had her flaws. I mean, forcing your best friend up to the stage to play a cello that she didn't want to do in the first place is kind of flawed and mean.
At least she admits that she's not exactly nice and admitted that she can be rude. Kat felt guilty of using her medium skills to pull a prank on Brooklyn and actually goes to her mother for help. She tried to keep the fact that she's a medium a secret but feels bad for hiding it. She's the type of person that wants to fit in but decides 'who cares' and be herself.
If she existed in the real world, she would be the person that I want in a friend.
They mentioned the song Lady Marmalade, so I decided to look the song up. I tried to find a lyric video, did, but no sound. I looked up the music video. The video... so to speak... was... yeah.
There was French in the song.
This part:
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi?
This other part:
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir? (Ce soir, what what what)
Voulez vous coucher avec moi?
One more for the road:
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir? (Ce soir)
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi? (All my sistas, yeah)
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir? (Ce soir)
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi? (Come on! Uh)
It could be the Google translation, but...
That roughly translates to: Do you want to sleep with me? Do you want to sleep with me, tonight?
There's also wine and sex mentioned in the lyrics.
No wonder the school decided not to allow SEVENTH GRADERS to sing that song. Or at least dance to it like the video, or wear some of the clothing from the video.
So... if you like paranormal/mediums/spirits/non-romance type of book, you can read this book. It's a fun little read, I read it all in one day since I got this book.
Now, off to the second one.
March 12, 2011
Kat hidup berdua saja dengan ibunya di sebuah rumah yang sering diterangi lilin, hawanya tidak menentu, dan terkadang terdengar bunyi-bunyian aneh. Kat sudah terbiasa dengan kondisi rumah itu karena ibu Kat adalah seorang medium. Beliau membantu orang-orang dengan menghubungi arwah orang terdekat yang sudah meninggal. Buat Kat yang ingin mengalami kehidupan normal di sekolah, profesi ibunya harus dirahasiakan karena ia tidak ingin menjadi 'orang buangan'. Sayangnya, gadis paling populer di sekolah, Shoshanna, malah datang ke rumahnya dan mengalami sendiri pengalaman menakutkan di sana. Sejak itu Kat pergi ke sekolah dengan was-was menanti kapan Shoshanna akan menyebarkan gosip yang bisa membuatnya menderita.
Masalah Kat yang kedua adalah, dia mulai bisa melihat hantu sejak ulang tahunnya yang ke-13. Ia belum memberitahu siapa-siapa soal ini, bahkan dengan ibunya. Kat merasa kalau ia membicarakan bakat ini berarti ia harus menerimanya. Kat tidak siap untuk menerima bahwa seumur hidup ia akan bisa melihat hantu dan mungkin akan menjadi medium seperti ibunya, bekerja membantu orang-orang. Satu hal yang jelas, Kat merasa kalau ia tidak akan bisa membantu orang sebaik ibunya.
Masalah nomor tiga: ada hantu di sekolah.
Untungnya, Kat mendapat teman yang membantunya bertahan di sekolah. Namanya Jac. Gadis berbadan mungil yang selalu membawa selo ke mana-mana (ya, selo ternyata bentuk terjemahan baku untuk cello). Sebagai ganti rahasia yang diceritakan Kat, Jac memberitahu bahwa ia adalah pemain selo yang sangat diharapkan, tapi sejak demam panggung di audisi beberapa minggu sebelumnya, ia tidak bisa lagi bermain.
Jac tampak sangat menyenangkan dari sudut pandang Kat. Perasaan sayang antara dua sahabat itu sungguh sangat jelas dan diperlihatkan di seluruh buku. Salah satu hal yang bikin betah baca buku ini. Suddenly Supernatural tidak menceritakan masa kegelapan di mana hantu-hantu berkeliling mengganggu orang (bukan, itu sih buku Supernatural yang lain XD). Buku ini menceritakan seorang remaja dengan ibu dan sahabat yang menyenangkan yang kebetulan punya bakat untuk melihat hantu. Dan seekor anjing yang sangat keren.
Masalah yang mereka hadapi didiskusikan dengan menarik dan tampak mengalir begitu saja tanpa dipaksakan. Bagian favorit saya adalah penutup bagi si hantu di perpustakaan. Pintar juga Kat, bisa menyelesaikan beberapa masalah sekaligus. Anda mengerti, kalau membaca buku yang ditujukan untuk anak kita sering mengeluh (setidaknya saya sering): "kenapa mereka bisa nggak sadar sih kalau ini... "? Nah, buku ini berhasil menjaga kesabaran saya karena tokoh-tokohnya cerdas dan cepat memahami permasalahannya. Nggak bikin frustasi.
Masalah Kat yang kedua adalah, dia mulai bisa melihat hantu sejak ulang tahunnya yang ke-13. Ia belum memberitahu siapa-siapa soal ini, bahkan dengan ibunya. Kat merasa kalau ia membicarakan bakat ini berarti ia harus menerimanya. Kat tidak siap untuk menerima bahwa seumur hidup ia akan bisa melihat hantu dan mungkin akan menjadi medium seperti ibunya, bekerja membantu orang-orang. Satu hal yang jelas, Kat merasa kalau ia tidak akan bisa membantu orang sebaik ibunya.
Masalah nomor tiga: ada hantu di sekolah.
Untungnya, Kat mendapat teman yang membantunya bertahan di sekolah. Namanya Jac. Gadis berbadan mungil yang selalu membawa selo ke mana-mana (ya, selo ternyata bentuk terjemahan baku untuk cello). Sebagai ganti rahasia yang diceritakan Kat, Jac memberitahu bahwa ia adalah pemain selo yang sangat diharapkan, tapi sejak demam panggung di audisi beberapa minggu sebelumnya, ia tidak bisa lagi bermain.
Jac tampak sangat menyenangkan dari sudut pandang Kat. Perasaan sayang antara dua sahabat itu sungguh sangat jelas dan diperlihatkan di seluruh buku. Salah satu hal yang bikin betah baca buku ini. Suddenly Supernatural tidak menceritakan masa kegelapan di mana hantu-hantu berkeliling mengganggu orang (bukan, itu sih buku Supernatural yang lain XD). Buku ini menceritakan seorang remaja dengan ibu dan sahabat yang menyenangkan yang kebetulan punya bakat untuk melihat hantu. Dan seekor anjing yang sangat keren.
Masalah yang mereka hadapi didiskusikan dengan menarik dan tampak mengalir begitu saja tanpa dipaksakan. Bagian favorit saya adalah penutup bagi si hantu di perpustakaan. Pintar juga Kat, bisa menyelesaikan beberapa masalah sekaligus. Anda mengerti, kalau membaca buku yang ditujukan untuk anak kita sering mengeluh (setidaknya saya sering): "kenapa mereka bisa nggak sadar sih kalau ini... "? Nah, buku ini berhasil menjaga kesabaran saya karena tokoh-tokohnya cerdas dan cepat memahami permasalahannya. Nggak bikin frustasi.
March 9, 2011
REVIEW
In middle school you want to fit in, you know, blend in with the crowd. Fitting in was anything but easy for Kat. Her mother was a medium and the kids at school teased her about it to no end. Before long, Kat herself realized that she too had the gift for speaking with spirits. Her only real friend was Jac, another school misfit who lost her ability to play the cello.
I really liked Kat as a main character. She was just a normal girl who happened to be able to speak with spirits. Since Kat was a reluctant medium – she never wished for her mother’s gift – it was interesting to see how she dealt with her situation. She was very brave and I felt like she grew into her true self by the end of the story.
When Kat must help a spirit in the school library cross over, she accepts the challenge. There is a mystery to solve and some bumps along the way. This quick read is engaging and will win the hearts of middle grade supernatural fans.
School Spirit is the first in a trilogy of Suddenly Supernatural books. I would love to read the others to see what is in store for Kat next.
Thank you to Little, Brown and Company for sending this book to me for review.
RATING
4 Plot
5 Characters
4 Attention Grabbing
4 Girlie Meter
4 Ending
21 TOTAL
5 STARS
In middle school you want to fit in, you know, blend in with the crowd. Fitting in was anything but easy for Kat. Her mother was a medium and the kids at school teased her about it to no end. Before long, Kat herself realized that she too had the gift for speaking with spirits. Her only real friend was Jac, another school misfit who lost her ability to play the cello.
I really liked Kat as a main character. She was just a normal girl who happened to be able to speak with spirits. Since Kat was a reluctant medium – she never wished for her mother’s gift – it was interesting to see how she dealt with her situation. She was very brave and I felt like she grew into her true self by the end of the story.
When Kat must help a spirit in the school library cross over, she accepts the challenge. There is a mystery to solve and some bumps along the way. This quick read is engaging and will win the hearts of middle grade supernatural fans.
School Spirit is the first in a trilogy of Suddenly Supernatural books. I would love to read the others to see what is in store for Kat next.
Thank you to Little, Brown and Company for sending this book to me for review.
RATING
4 Plot
5 Characters
4 Attention Grabbing
4 Girlie Meter
4 Ending
21 TOTAL
5 STARS
August 6, 2011
Peringatan: jangan dibaca di kala malam. Jangan dibaca kalau kau penakut atau baru saja mengalami kejadian supernatural di rumah sendiri. di rumah orang lain. atau di mana sajalah pokoknya.
Yah itu yang terjadi sama aku. Awal-awal baca buku ini ada kejadian aneh di rumahku. Ga usah diceritainlah gimana. Ntar OOR-out of review. *ngasal*
Kat adalah murid SMP yang punya ibu seorang medium. Medium di sini bukan ukuran baju. Tapi maksudnya semacam penengah/perantara antara arwah dan manusia. Pekerjaan ibunya bikin Kat jadi ngerasa semakin minder. Selain dia udah ga populer di sekolahnya, punya ibu medium menurut dia juga ga keren sama sekali.
Namun nyatanya bukan itu saja yang mesti Kat hadapi. Karena di ulang tahunnya yang ke 13, Kat pun mengalami hal yang sama. Dia mulai bisa melihat sosok-sosok gaib.
Awalnya penglihatan itu hanya membuat Kat dilema akan kehidupannya selanjutnya. Apakah dia akan menjadi aneh seperti ibunya. Akankah dia sanggup menghadapi penglihatan gaib seperti itu terus menerus. Hingga ketika dia bertemu Jac si pemain selo, kemunculan gadis pirang berkepang dua, dan hal-hal misterius yang berpusar menyertainya.
Aku suka buku ini, walau tiap bab misterinya satu demi satu terkuak, aku selalu bergidik. Tapi aku suka... suka dengan persahabatan Kat dan Jac. Suka dengan terjemahannya yang luwes. Walau banyak typo dan kesalahan cetak. Tapi ga masalah. Ketutup sama seramnya cerita hehe.
BTW aku penasaran dengan Shoshanna. :D :D :D
Yah itu yang terjadi sama aku. Awal-awal baca buku ini ada kejadian aneh di rumahku. Ga usah diceritainlah gimana. Ntar OOR-out of review. *ngasal*
Kat adalah murid SMP yang punya ibu seorang medium. Medium di sini bukan ukuran baju. Tapi maksudnya semacam penengah/perantara antara arwah dan manusia. Pekerjaan ibunya bikin Kat jadi ngerasa semakin minder. Selain dia udah ga populer di sekolahnya, punya ibu medium menurut dia juga ga keren sama sekali.
Namun nyatanya bukan itu saja yang mesti Kat hadapi. Karena di ulang tahunnya yang ke 13, Kat pun mengalami hal yang sama. Dia mulai bisa melihat sosok-sosok gaib.
Awalnya penglihatan itu hanya membuat Kat dilema akan kehidupannya selanjutnya. Apakah dia akan menjadi aneh seperti ibunya. Akankah dia sanggup menghadapi penglihatan gaib seperti itu terus menerus. Hingga ketika dia bertemu Jac si pemain selo, kemunculan gadis pirang berkepang dua, dan hal-hal misterius yang berpusar menyertainya.
Aku suka buku ini, walau tiap bab misterinya satu demi satu terkuak, aku selalu bergidik. Tapi aku suka... suka dengan persahabatan Kat dan Jac. Suka dengan terjemahannya yang luwes. Walau banyak typo dan kesalahan cetak. Tapi ga masalah. Ketutup sama seramnya cerita hehe.
BTW aku penasaran dengan Shoshanna. :D :D :D
November 14, 2012
Reviewed by Sarah Bean the Green Bean Teen Queen for TeensReadToo.com
Dead people are ruining Kat's life.
Seventh grade is hard enough, but when your mom is a medium and calls up spirits that then invade the house, inviting people over and trying to make friends is not easy.
Things get worse when Kat herself starts to see spirits. She doesn't want to be a medium and isn't sure she's cut out for communicating with the dead. Plus, Kat's afraid that her family's dark secret will jeopardize her newfound friendship with Jac, the new girl at school.
When the spirit of former student, Suzanne Bennis, appears to Kat in the school library seeking her help, Kat can't ignore her powers any longer. Will Kat be able to help Suzanne? And will Jac stay with her or think her new friend is crazy?
This was such a fun read! Ghosts and mystery take center stage of the story, but there is also the typical middle school drama of popular crowds and mean girls. The friendship between Kat and Jac is what makes this story. Kat is funny as a reluctant medium and her inner thoughts about life and school made me laugh out loud. Jac is full of spunk and everyone should have a best friend like her.
Perfect for fans wanting a middle school story with a paranormal twist, SCHOOL SPIRIT is the first in the SUDDENLY SUPERNATURAL series.
Dead people are ruining Kat's life.
Seventh grade is hard enough, but when your mom is a medium and calls up spirits that then invade the house, inviting people over and trying to make friends is not easy.
Things get worse when Kat herself starts to see spirits. She doesn't want to be a medium and isn't sure she's cut out for communicating with the dead. Plus, Kat's afraid that her family's dark secret will jeopardize her newfound friendship with Jac, the new girl at school.
When the spirit of former student, Suzanne Bennis, appears to Kat in the school library seeking her help, Kat can't ignore her powers any longer. Will Kat be able to help Suzanne? And will Jac stay with her or think her new friend is crazy?
This was such a fun read! Ghosts and mystery take center stage of the story, but there is also the typical middle school drama of popular crowds and mean girls. The friendship between Kat and Jac is what makes this story. Kat is funny as a reluctant medium and her inner thoughts about life and school made me laugh out loud. Jac is full of spunk and everyone should have a best friend like her.
Perfect for fans wanting a middle school story with a paranormal twist, SCHOOL SPIRIT is the first in the SUDDENLY SUPERNATURAL series.
January 5, 2010
This book is about a preteen named Katherine who has just discovered that she can see ghosts like her mother!After being haunted by a ghosts named Suzanne Bennis Katherine(Kat for short)and her best friend Jaquilene it's time to lead this ghost to the light and get it to crossover,but they soon realize that this ghost isn't who she appears to be.......
My opinion is to stay on a subject instead of changing them,because there were tons of parts where i was lost and im sure other people are having the same issue with this book.
I recomend this book to 7th-8th graders because it has a higher standard in language and this book MAY most likely be read by girls!
My opinion is to stay on a subject instead of changing them,because there were tons of parts where i was lost and im sure other people are having the same issue with this book.
I recomend this book to 7th-8th graders because it has a higher standard in language and this book MAY most likely be read by girls!
November 2, 2015
life as someone who can see ghosts is not easy , as experienced Kat. All changed when she met Jac who then took on supernatural issues (a roaming ghost girl in the library that were associated with Jac) which ultimately forces the protagonist to solve the problems associated with the ghost.
Typically an interesting book, although not so scary. I could finish reading this book in 2 days . issue closed with quite interesting. In the end is still a problem or mystery that may be associated with the next book.
Typically an interesting book, although not so scary. I could finish reading this book in 2 days . issue closed with quite interesting. In the end is still a problem or mystery that may be associated with the next book.
December 17, 2015
I loved this so much. I remember really liking it when I read it in middle school, and I"m glad my feelings haven't changed for it. There were certain things about Kat that bothered me, like how much she cared about being popular and cool, but I do think that's relevent to how some kids in middle school thing, so I'm not letting it deter my rating any. I had no idea this was part of a series, but now that I do I can't wait to get my hands on the rest of the books.
July 14, 2009
I started this one at about 11:00 p.m. and finished it up in the wee hours of the morning. Why? I didn't want to put it down. I'm getting too old to do that, but I really liked this story. More later when I'm not so sleep deprived!
I'd recommend this one to any students who like ghost stories, paranormal twists, or mysteries with both of the other elements. Bonus? There's a sequel!
I'd recommend this one to any students who like ghost stories, paranormal twists, or mysteries with both of the other elements. Bonus? There's a sequel!
May 7, 2016
Terrific opening novels for an intermediate reader series. Just the right amount of humor and suspense. Told from Kat's POV, Suddenly Supernatural is a complete story but sets the stage well for the rest of the series.
January 10, 2018
Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody Suddenly Supernatural: School Spirit, 316 pgs. Little Brown and Company; Language~G, Sexual Content~G; Violence~G
Kat thought she was a normal teenager until she started seeing them. Yes, like that kid in the movie, Kat sees dead people. She is a medium. It began soon after she turned thirteen. Her mother also is a medium, practicing out of their home. At school, those who know about her mother taunt Kat relentlessly. At the head of this group is Brooklyn, one of the queen bees ‘satellites’ or entourage. Kat does make one friend, Jac. Jac is constantly lugging around her cello. Kat finds out that Jac used to be a very famous prodigy cellist. However, not long ago she suffered from an extreme bout of stage fright and hasn’t been able to play since. One day while in the library, a book falls off the shelf on its own. When Kat returns it, it falls again. Then Kat sees her, a young teen ghost with a flute. This girl needs Kat’s help and Kat must find out what she needs and how to help her.
This story is a delightful jaunt into the world of a young teen that is also a medium. While slightly creepy, the ghost are not demonic or frightening, they just are there. The friendship between Kat and Jac is honest and real. Fans of Jennifer Allison’s Gilda Joyce: Psychic Investigator will enjoy this new series and look forward to more from this author.
Upper EL/MS. Advisable. Allison Madsen~Teen Librarian-SJO Public Librarian
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Kat thought she was a normal teenager until she started seeing them. Yes, like that kid in the movie, Kat sees dead people. She is a medium. It began soon after she turned thirteen. Her mother also is a medium, practicing out of their home. At school, those who know about her mother taunt Kat relentlessly. At the head of this group is Brooklyn, one of the queen bees ‘satellites’ or entourage. Kat does make one friend, Jac. Jac is constantly lugging around her cello. Kat finds out that Jac used to be a very famous prodigy cellist. However, not long ago she suffered from an extreme bout of stage fright and hasn’t been able to play since. One day while in the library, a book falls off the shelf on its own. When Kat returns it, it falls again. Then Kat sees her, a young teen ghost with a flute. This girl needs Kat’s help and Kat must find out what she needs and how to help her.
This story is a delightful jaunt into the world of a young teen that is also a medium. While slightly creepy, the ghost are not demonic or frightening, they just are there. The friendship between Kat and Jac is honest and real. Fans of Jennifer Allison’s Gilda Joyce: Psychic Investigator will enjoy this new series and look forward to more from this author.
Upper EL/MS. Advisable. Allison Madsen~Teen Librarian-SJO Public Librarian
https://kissthebook.blogspot.com/2008...
July 25, 2020
Re-reading this was such an enjoyable experience! I remember coming across this as a ten-year-old and loving it so much. I was in awe of Kat's spooky awesome gift of being able to see spirits and I could at least vicariously live my spooky medium dreams through her despite being such a wuss in real life. The writing flows well and the story itself isn't that scary so I think it's suitable for ages 9 and up. My only complaint is that Kat and Jac don't really talk like 13 year olds hahah. Their dialogue was sometimes awkwardly long and they talk more like middle aged women sometimes. Still, it was lovely to see their friendship blossom. Everyone needs a friend like Jac! Loved the dynamic between those two as Jac encourages Kat to be brave and stand up for herself while Kat shows Jac how her musical talent is just as precious as her spirit sight. I finally got the chance to read the second book in the series for the first time ever this year and boy, I'm excited!
January 30, 2021
I could’ve read the whole book in a day! It was such a phenomenal read; even at the age of twenty-three. The characters were great, and I loved the development between them both. Kat’s mom was such an inspiration. She’s the very picture of what a mother should be. I loved that she gave her daughter the opportunity to figure things out for herself, while still helping where she could. It made the characters feel more realistic, and it helped the story progress rather than if she did it all for her. That being said, I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a quick, fun, mystery/ghostly book. The first chapter starts a little slow, but it doesn’t take long for the story to really come to life.
July 26, 2017
I read this book in elementary school and loved it, but it was before I had Goodreads so I forgot the title. The other day, I picked it up at random at the library and loved it again. I love ghost stories and mediums, and also school stories about figuring out who you are, and this book is an excellent example of both. It tries a bit too hard to be trendy with its pop culture references, which definitely date it -- but I'm the perfect age to get and appreciate the references, so I didn't mind. And this book perfectly coined the term "satellite girls," which I used through all of my middle-grade life because it's just too accurate.
July 15, 2019
I read supernatural themed books on holiday, 2019 is this book’s turn. Surprisingly (if the back cover doesn’t tell you enough) the main character is normal teenage girl (spunky, care about how her peer view her and whatsnot), it is a refreshing experience to me. In early chapters I thought her attitude would put me off but it turned out her characters develops nicely during the story.
The way the ghosts are handled are simple but still leave room for buildup and small level of individuality that this book have. And it serve as a good foundation for the sequel. Endline: read if you want a little supernatural stories with normal teenage girl as the lead.
The way the ghosts are handled are simple but still leave room for buildup and small level of individuality that this book have. And it serve as a good foundation for the sequel. Endline: read if you want a little supernatural stories with normal teenage girl as the lead.
April 11, 2018
I liked this. The heroine is a middle schooler named Kat. Her mother is a medium and they live in upstate New York. Kat is relatively new at her school (she started there last year) and is concerned about fitting in. She would like to be popular with the in-crowd. And here is the but…. She does however make friends with an even newer kid Jac who plays the cello. The adventures of Kat & Jac of course comprise the story. It is fun, easy and I am looking forward to the next installment of Kat’s adventures.
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November 25, 2019In this book suddenly supernatural a young girl starts seeing a girl in the school library the main girl kat doesn’t know the girl she sees in the library so she looks back into an old yearbook and sees the same girl the girl is a ghost kats mom is a medium and she talks to the dead kat only wants to be normal and seem that way to her fellow peers. She helps the ghost girl move on to the afterlife by showing the ghost girls mom her daughter playing the flute and she does so without letting anyone else know she sees ghosts
November 10, 2024
This was a super cute and charming book, and I loved it! Kat and Jac's friendship was nice (lowkey also seem sapphic to me as well). As someone who's been there done that with school I'm not much for stereotypical cliques and such but I did like Shoshanna for not being a one dimensional mean girl. There is a part where Kat the main girl kinda fatshames Shoshanna, who to me also felt like she was having an eating disorder and I kinda wasn't crazy about that but I think otherwise this is a pretty nice book!
December 6, 2017
In this book the main character Kate is visited by a school spirit who has been trapped in the school and who plays a ghostly flute. As Kate and her friend dive deep into this mystery they haunted, scared like they never have been before. Kate's mom is a medium and so is Kate. Kate gets bothered by a bunch of ghosts so she never has time to make friends. Will Kate please this unhappy ghost and will her friend find the courage to perform her instrument again?
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March 10, 2021
Bukan hanya soal seorang remaja Putri yang bisa melihat mahluk halus saat usianya 13 tahun.
Tetapi juga soal persahabatan. Tentang anak populer dan tidak populer serasa belajar lagi sedikit ttg psikologi perkembangan dan pendidikan.
Oh kamu juga akan menemukan bahwa sekalipun seseorang memiliki potensi tapi belum tentu itu yang di inginkannya.
3⭐
Tetapi juga soal persahabatan. Tentang anak populer dan tidak populer serasa belajar lagi sedikit ttg psikologi perkembangan dan pendidikan.
Oh kamu juga akan menemukan bahwa sekalipun seseorang memiliki potensi tapi belum tentu itu yang di inginkannya.
3⭐
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