Release Date: July 31st 2013
Publisher: Bell Bridge Books
Buy the Book: Amazon|Belle Books
My Rating: 4/5
About the Book:
Freshman year in high school is tough enough without another ghost in the mix.
Ghost handler and high school freshman Heather Tildy seems to have it all—an older sister who is popular, a hot guy who deemed her date-worthy over the summer, and coursework just hard enough to keep her parents, administrators, and college admissions counselors happy. But as the school year begins, bad boy Zac returns to Alabama, taking the “cool” factor he lent her with him. Her luck sours.
Her freshman schedule includes first period P.E., which means she's all sweaty when she sees her first love, hunky Drew, before second-period Spanish. And the only other freshman with her lunch period is pseudo-friend Suzanne, who doesn't really like Heather.
So when a bossy lunch lady ghost in a hairnet pushes her healthy-eating agenda on Heather—before she'll even consider moving on to the next realm—Heather knows she'll lose what few cool points she has left. She'll have to think fast to overcome her guy and ghost troubles. She’s determined not to become Pecan Hills High's sweaty, nutrition-pushing freshman weirdo—not to mention the girl who talks to ghosts.
Ghost handler and high school freshman Heather Tildy seems to have it all—an older sister who is popular, a hot guy who deemed her date-worthy over the summer, and coursework just hard enough to keep her parents, administrators, and college admissions counselors happy. But as the school year begins, bad boy Zac returns to Alabama, taking the “cool” factor he lent her with him. Her luck sours.
Her freshman schedule includes first period P.E., which means she's all sweaty when she sees her first love, hunky Drew, before second-period Spanish. And the only other freshman with her lunch period is pseudo-friend Suzanne, who doesn't really like Heather.
So when a bossy lunch lady ghost in a hairnet pushes her healthy-eating agenda on Heather—before she'll even consider moving on to the next realm—Heather knows she'll lose what few cool points she has left. She'll have to think fast to overcome her guy and ghost troubles. She’s determined not to become Pecan Hills High's sweaty, nutrition-pushing freshman weirdo—not to mention the girl who talks to ghosts.
My Review:
As a quick side-note before I begin my actual review- I just felt it only fair to mention that I had not read the previous three books in series, yes, definitely a major "uh-oh" moment for me. I accidentally requested via Netgalley thinking it was the first book in a seemed-totally-awesome-sounding series. It's actually the fourth. Yeah, my glasses must not of been working that day. I don't know if I've mentioned before, but unless books are stand-alone types(and even then it's iffy) I don't like reading series out of order. I have to say I am so glad I went ahead and read it anyways!
I absolutely loved young Heather, she's so sweet if a little hard on her friends at times. She is going through all the motions of being a young teen as she navigates the mysteries of life and high school. The only difference is, where most freshman girls' biggest worries revolve around an invite to Homecoming or perhaps that not-so-great grade in math, our quirky heroine has much bigger problems. Like the ghosts who just won't give her a break(a girl needs to hear her teacher in class-kinda hard when someone's spouting nutritional facts in your ear!). In this installment of the series(which I now must read the rest of), Heather chooses to help a lunch lady move on by changing her and her family's eating habits for the better, and trying to get her high school to improve the food served both at lunch and in the vending machines, but she just can't seem to get her to new-found acquaintance to... how do I put this... See the light(and go for it!).
Along the way, she has ups and downs with family and friends(and, sadly, mostly downs in the romance and grades departments), but you see Heather maturing and becoming pretty awesome along the way. Hey, I always try to be nutritionally mindful but this book inspired me to be even more so in its round about way. I highly recommend for anyone from tween on up as I think we can all stand to have a fun, entertaining read every once in a while. Especially one where we can learn a little something! Mrs. Hardegree has found herself a new fan and I plan on buying the rest of the series in the future.
*Although I received this book for review from the publisher via Netgalley, it no way affected my opinion represented in this review.*
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