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A Certain Slant of Light
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A Certain Slant of Light (2005) (edit title/settings)

by Laura Whitcomb (Author) (edit contributors)

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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 Helen—terrified, but intrigued—is drawn to him. The fact that he is... read more

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After benignly haunting a series of people for 130 years, Helen meets a teenage boy who can see her, and together they unlock the mysteries of their pasts.

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  • Helen: she is a ghost that has been haunting people until they die. She is currently haunting a English high school teacher, who she calls her Mr. Brown. Her haunting days end though when a student starts to see her in class.
  • James Deardon: He is the young man that has the ability to see Helen while all others can't, but there is more that makes James very special in Helen's eyes.
  • Mr. Brown: Michael Brown - He is Helen's host, after her Poet had passed. He has never known of Helen's existence.
  • Cathleen Thomson: Jenny's mother, who tries her best to be a part of Dan's religious life but has a difficult time understanding her daughter.
  • Jennifer Ann Thompson: A 15 year old hazel-eyed girl with blonde hair girl from a very religious family.
  • Mitch Blake: Billy's older brother
  • Billy Blake: Billy's life has turned for the worst, the life of a drug addict, till James comes along and turns it around.
  • Dan Thompson: Jenny's father, who's strict religious habits drive her away.
  • Verna: Add a description of this character.
  • Libby: A girl from Mitch's and Billy entourage.
  • Rayna: A girl from Billy and Mitch's entourage.
  • Diggs: James's friend
  • Mr. Olsen: School psychologist
  • Sarah: Billy's and Mitch's mother.
  • Chris
  • Judy Morgan: a lay counselor of the church
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Quotes edit see section history

  • “Just walk up to your hell and give it a push. Run through it and I'll be waiting on the other side.”
    James Deardon
  • “Dear sir: twelve hours is as twelve years to me. I imagine you in your home, smiling, thinking of me. That I am your heart's secret fills me with song. I wish I could sing of you here in my cage. You are my heart's hidden poem. I reread you, memorize you, every moment we're apart.”
    Helen
  • “The library smells like old books — a thousand leather doorways into other worlds. I hear silence, like the mind of God. I feel a presence in the empty chair beside me. The librarian watches me suspiciously. But the library is a sacred place, and I sit with the patron saint of readers. Pulsing goddess light moves through me for one moment like a glimpse of eternity instantly forgotten. She is gone. I smell mold, I hear the clock ticking, I see an empty chair. Ask me now and I'll say this is just a place where you can't play music or eat. She's gone. The library sucks.”
    James Deardon

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First Sentence edit see section history

SOMEONE WAS LOOKING AT ME, a disturbing sensation if you're dead.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 1 of 2 in Light (Whitcomb). (standard series)

Followed by Under the Light.

This book is in Ghosts. (community list)
This book is in Young Adult. (community list)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Laura Whitcomb (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Graphia, imprint of Houghton Mifflin Company
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 978-0618-58532-8
Page Count: 282

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Reading Level: Young Adults

There is a small part with sex but its not graphic but i think you should at least hit puberty before you read this.

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