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Three Quarters Dead

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This haunting young adult ghost story explores the terrifying consequences of belonging to an ultra-exclusive clique.

“Adolescent egotism and back-stabbing cruelty. . .”—Kirkus Reviews

“A creepy tale middle school girls will die for. . . if they put down their cell phones long enough to read it.”—The Horn Book

Being cool won’t kill her, will it?

When Kerry starts tenth grade at a new school she’s a loner at best, until the three coolest girls in school sweep her away in their glamorous and gossipy group. Kerry scrambles to keep up with the drama of her new friends and suddenly feels as if her life has finally begun. She would do anything to be included. When her three new friends are killed in a horrifying car crash, her life seems over as well. But then the texts begin. . . .
© Sonya Sones
RICHARD PECK (1934-2018) was born in Decatur, Illinois and lived in New York City for nearly 50 years. The acclaimed author of 35 novels for children and young adults, he won the Newbery Medal for A Year Down Yonder, a Newbery Honor for A Long Way from Chicago, the Scott O’Dell Award for The River Between Us, the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Are You in the House Alone?, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor for The Best Man, and the Christopher Medal for The Teacher’s Funeral. He was the first children’s author ever to have been awarded a National Humanities Medal, and was twice a National Book Award Finalist. View titles by Richard Peck

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This haunting young adult ghost story explores the terrifying consequences of belonging to an ultra-exclusive clique.

“Adolescent egotism and back-stabbing cruelty. . .”—Kirkus Reviews

“A creepy tale middle school girls will die for. . . if they put down their cell phones long enough to read it.”—The Horn Book

Being cool won’t kill her, will it?

When Kerry starts tenth grade at a new school she’s a loner at best, until the three coolest girls in school sweep her away in their glamorous and gossipy group. Kerry scrambles to keep up with the drama of her new friends and suddenly feels as if her life has finally begun. She would do anything to be included. When her three new friends are killed in a horrifying car crash, her life seems over as well. But then the texts begin. . . .

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© Sonya Sones
RICHARD PECK (1934-2018) was born in Decatur, Illinois and lived in New York City for nearly 50 years. The acclaimed author of 35 novels for children and young adults, he won the Newbery Medal for A Year Down Yonder, a Newbery Honor for A Long Way from Chicago, the Scott O’Dell Award for The River Between Us, the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Are You in the House Alone?, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor for The Best Man, and the Christopher Medal for The Teacher’s Funeral. He was the first children’s author ever to have been awarded a National Humanities Medal, and was twice a National Book Award Finalist. View titles by Richard Peck

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