My Soul to Take (2009) (edit title/settings)

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• Kaylee Cavanaugh: Main character.
• Nash Hudson: Someone who helps Kaylee through a rough time.
• Harmony Hudson: Nash's mother
• Dr. Nelson: Kaylee's Psychiatrist
• Aiden Cavanaugh: Kaylee's dad
• Emma Marshall: Kaylee's best friend
• Alyson Baker: A girl who suddenly died at the Arlington Cine, taken by the rogue reaper.
• Levi: Tod's grim reaper boss
• Julie: Cheerleader at Kaylee's school
• Traci Marshall: Add a description of this character.
• Scott Carter: Sophie's boyfriend
• Heidi Anderson: Girl who Kaylee encounters in the bar
• Meredith Cole: Girl that goes to Kaylee's School and is on the dance team with Kaylee's cousin, Sophie.
• Tod Hudson: A reaper who works in a nearby hospital.
• Valerie Cavanaugh: Kaylee's aunt.
• Brendon Cavanaugh: Kaylee's Uncle.
• Sophie Cavanaugh: Kaylee's Cousin
• Emma Marshall: Kaylee's Best Friend.

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• “I’ve spoken to your mother—” but I didn’t bother to tell her that would be impossible without a Ouija board “—and she wants you to take Sophie straight home. She’s going to meet you there.”

  Mrs. Foley (Teacher) and Kaylee

• “Kaylee, you’re adding two and two and coming up with seven. You must have missed something.”

  Nash

• “Banshee? Like, from mythology?”

  Kaylee

• “Because my aunt and overprivileged cousin only recognize two states of being: glitter and grunge.”

  Kaylee

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• Harmony glanced to her left, and my gaze followed hers to the living room, where my aunt had died, my cousin had been restored, and I’d whacked a psychotic grim reaper with a cast-iron skillet. Weirdest. Tuesday. Ever.

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• the dead have a way of becoming saints in the eyes of their survivors,

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• You’ll have as much of a happy ending as you’re willing to work for.

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• She stared down into her coffee, as if she had more to say, but the words had fallen into the mug and were now too soggy to use.

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• “We have a gift, and if you’re willing to put up with the challenges that come with that gift, then every now and then, life will toss you a miracle.”

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• dread was a plastic spork slowly digging out my insides as I pulled open the front door, then the screen.

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• Texas

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• Bean sidhe: Pronounced banshee. Gaelic term literally meas "woman of the faeries", though the same term is used for males. Female bean sidhes are able to predict deaths and hold souls still with their song.
• Faerie: A broad term that means "other than human."
• Exchange rate: A phrase that explains the exchanging of one soul for another, and the price behind it. When one soul is being taken, only to be put back, bring that person back to life, another soul must be taken in the first soul's place.

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by My Soul to Lose, and followed by My Soul to Save.

Preceded by My Soul to Lose, and followed by My Soul to Save.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Rachel Vincent (Author)

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• Library of Congress: PZ7.V7448 Myt 2009
• Dewey: 813.54

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• Books › Teens › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Science Fiction
• Books › Teens › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy
• Books › Teens › Literature & Fiction › Love & Romance

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