Connecting (Lily Dale Series)

by Wendy Corsi Staub

Overview

Now that Calla has accepted her ability to communicate with the Other Side, she's desperate to connect with the spirit of her late mother. But she gets more than she bargained for when she stumbles across a shocking secret that will change her future forever.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802722508
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	12/15/2010
Series:	Lily Dale Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	201,088
Lexile:	760L (what's this?)
File size:	505 KB
Age Range:	12 Years

About the Author

Wendy Corsi Staub is a best-selling writer of adult fiction, regularly appearing on the USA Today and New York Times best-seller list. This is the third book in her Lily Dale series for teens, set in the town of Lily Dale, near where she grew up in upstate New York. Wendy has had her own personal experiences with psychics in the town, and her adult best-seller, In the Blink of an Eye also took place in Lily Dale. Wendy lives with her family in Katonah, New York.
www.wendycorsistaub.com
WENDY CORSI STAUB is a best selling writer of adult fiction, regularly appearing on the USA Today and New York Times best seller list. She is the author of the Lily Dale series-a paranormal suspense series for teens, set in the town of Lily Dale, near where she grew up in upstate New York and had her own personal experiences with psychics in the town. Wendy lives outside of New York City with her family. www.wendycorsistaub.com

Editorial Reviews

Gr 8-10

This installment in the series continues the story of high school senior Calla Delaney. Her mother's death was thought to be an accident, but Calla's visions tell her otherwise, and she is determined to discover her mother's killer. Living in Lily Dale (a real spiritualist community in upstate New York) with her grandmother, the teen is beginning to feel more comfortable with her own gift for seeing spirits, but she misses her father (on sabbatical in California) and her old, "normal" life in Florida. Romance, friendship, and psychic powers mix as Calla tries to choose between two boys in her new town-one who is the most popular and one who tries to keep her safe. Both, of course, are extraordinarily handsome. While those who have read Awakening (2007) and Believing (2008, both Walker) will have a better immediate understanding of Calla's situation and surroundings, Connecting stands fairly well on its own. The characters are interesting, the search for Calla's mother's murderer is gripping, and the dollop of romance adds just the right spark. The book never pretends to be great literature, but it certainly fits the bill for some tingly escape reading. For those who are hooked, the ending promises that there will be more.-Sharon Grover, Hedberg Public Library, Janesville, WI

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