Bibliograph

She is a haunting, by Trang Thanh Tran

Type

Label

She is a haunting, by Trang Thanh Tran

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Intended audience

Ages 13, Bloomsbury Children's BooksGrades 10-12, Bloomsbury Children's Books

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

She is a haunting

Oclc number

1319346060

Responsibility statement

by Trang Thanh Tran

Summary

Seventeen-year-old bisexual Jade Nguyrn is spending the summer in Vietnam at the French colonial house her estranged father is fixing up as a vacation rental, but unbeknownst to her family, the house and its ghosts have other plans"When Jade Nguyen arrives in Vietnam to visit her estranged father, she has one goal: survive five weeks pretending to be a happy family in the French colonial house Ba is restoring. She's always lied to fit in, so if she's straight enough, Vietnamese enough, American enough, she can get out with the college money he promised. But the house has other plans. Night after night, Jade wakes up paralyzed. The walls exude a thrumming sound while bugs leave their legs and feelers in places they don't belong. She finds curious traces of her ancestors in the gardens they once tended. And at night Jade can't ignore the ghost of the beautiful bride who leaves cryptic warnings: Don't eat. Neither Ba nor her sweet sister, Lily, believe anything strange is happening. With help from a delinquent girl, Jade tries to expose the house's rotten appetite. A home, after all, is only as powerful as those who breathe new life into its bones. And this one is determined never to be abandoned again..."--, Dust jacket flap

Target audience

adolescent

Classification