A Certain Slant of Light

A Certain Slant of Light

by Laura Whitcomb (Author)

Synopsis

In the class of the high school English teacher she has been haunting, Helen feels them: for the first time in 130 years, human eyes are looking at her. They belong to a boy, a boy who has not seemed remarkable until now. And Helenterrified, but intriguedis drawn to him. The fact that he is in a body and she is not presents this unlikely couple with their first challenge. But as the lovers struggle to find a way to be together, they begin to discover the secrets of their former lives and of the young people they come to possess."

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 01 Sep 2005

ISBN 10: 061858532X
ISBN 13: 9780618585328

Media Reviews
Whitcomb writes with a grace that befits Helen s more modulated world while depicting contemporary society with sharp insight. In the subgenre of dead-narrator tales, this book shows the engaging possibilities of immortality complete with a twist at the end that wholly satisfies. --School Library Journal School Library Journal

A highly senual, supernatural story of two spirits caught in purgatory. . . . Mesmerizing. --Publishers Weekly

Whitcomb is generous with atmospheric detail . . . and she creatively pulls together a dramatic and compelling plot that cleverly grants rebellious teen romance a timeless grandeur. --The Bulletin Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

[An] original, opinionated, sexy, and romantic novel of the afterlife. Horn Book

Whitcomb writes beautifully . . . this will be irresistible to teens. Booklist Booklist, ALA
Whitcomb writes with a grace that befits Helen's more modulated world while depicting contemporary society with sharp insight. In the subgenre of dead-narrator tales, this book shows the engaging possibilities of immortality-complete with a twist at the end that wholly satisfies. --School Library Journal School Library Journal

A highly senual, supernatural story of two spirits caught in purgatory. . . . Mesmerizing. --Publishers Weekly

Whitcomb is generous with atmospheric detail . . . and she creatively pulls together a dramatic and compelling plot that cleverly grants rebellious teen romance a timeless grandeur. --The Bulletin Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

[An] original, opinionated, sexy, and romantic novel of the afterlife. --Horn Book

Whitcomb writes beautifully . . . this will be irresistible to teens. --Booklist Booklist, ALA