Desires of The Dead (2011) (edit title/settings)

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Characters edit see section history

• Violet: Main Character - Able to find dead bodies by "echoes" in the form of one of the five senses. Jay's girlfriend.
• Jay: Violets boyfriend/bestfriend since childhood, aware of Violets gift.
• Mike: Hot new guy in town. Jay befriends him
• Sara Priest: "FBI" agent who shows interest in Violet.
• Chelsea: Violet's best girl friend...loud and a tad overbearing. She doesn't know about Violet's "gift."
• Megan: Mike's sister
• Rafe: Works with Sara, socially inept, has a "gift" of his own
• Claire: Violets highschool friend
• Jules: Violets highschool friend
• Roger Hartman: Add a description of this character.
• Mrs. Hertzog: Highschool Librarian
• Stephen
• Lissie: Most popular girl in school
• Serena Russo: Mike and Megans mother
• Ann

Quotes edit see section history

• “If he didn’t want people talking about him, he probably shouldn’t look so tasty.”

  Chelsea

• “Will you guys stop it already? I think I just threw up in my mouth a little bit. If you can’t wait until you’re alone, I’m gonna have to ask you to find another place to sit.”

  Chelsea

• “I have an idea. Why don’t you put together a list of questions, in order of importance, and I’ll have him fill out the answers? Kind of like new-kid homework.”

  Jay

• “What? No Champagne?” “I sorta thought that a DUI might ruin the mood.”

  Violet and Jay

• “You taste like tacos.” “What? Really, Jay? Is that a complaint or something?”

  Jay and Violet

• “Why didn’t you just say you have some rare disease or something? Not cool.” “He’ll be fine. Besides, if I said ’disease,’ he would have made me some chicken soup and offered to give me a sponge bath or something. Eww.”

  Violet and Chelsea

• “I thought she’d have him eating out of her hand by now.” “You mean like you have me doing?” “Yes. Exactly like that.”

  Violet and Jay

• “You’re terrible, Vi. You act more like your aunt Kat every day. Has she been giving you lesson?”

  Uncle Stephen

• “It’s not every day that I get to fix my daughter dinner.” “Actually, Mom, it could be. I still live here, you know?” “Can it, smart-ass. You’re lucky I cook at all.” “Lucky, hmm? Not exactly the word I would have used.”

  Mrs. Ambrose and Violet

• “Did you say you had explosive diarrhea?” “No, just that I slept in.” “You should have said diarrhea. Or at least menstrual cramp, then you could get out of PE. It’s like a twofer.” “Nice. You’re such a lady.”

  Chelsea and Violet

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Seattle
• Buckley, WA

Organizations edit see section history

• FBI: Add a description of this organization.

First Sentence edit see section history

Glossary edit see section history

• Echo: The way the mudered dead call to Violet
• Imprint: a mark/echo caused by a murder, left on both the murdered and murderer.

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by The Body Finder, and followed by The Last Echo.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Kimberly Derting (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Notes for Parents edit see section history

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Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Teens › Social Issues
• Books › Teens › Literature & Fiction › Suspense
• Books › Teens › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy

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• Kimberly Derting

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