Maybe this is why her mother warned her about ghosts.ĭelightful and compulsively readable, this contemporary fantasy has something for every reader: a snarky voice, a magnetic enemies-to-lovers romance, and a spirited adventure through a magical, unpredictable world hidden within our own. Yet as she and Zach grow closer, forced to depend on each other to survive, Cara finds the most terrifying thing is that she might not hate him so much after all. He's even more infuriating as a ghost, but Cara's the only one who can see him-and save him.Īgreeing to resurrect him puts her at odds with her mother, draws her into a dangerous liminal world of monsters and magic-and worse, leaves her stuck with Zach. Then she stumbles across Zach's dead body in the woods. Her overbearing mother insists she be the 'perfect' Chinese American daughter-which means suppressing her ghost-speaking powers-and she keeps getting into fights with Zacharias Coleson, the local golden boy whose smirk makes her want to set things on fire. Look, the dead have issues, and Cara has enough of her own. And a gang of kids and their dog ready to solve any mystery in this officially licensed Scooby-Doo picture book. With ghosts, monsters, and discussions of Read More. “I think the system should be clear enough for the to be able to handle it alone.Cemetery Boys meets Legendborn in this thrillingly romantic, irresistibly fun YA contemporary fantasy debut following a teenage Chinese American ghost speaker who (reluctantly) makes a deal to raise her nemesis from the dead. If there’s one mandatory read before Halloween, it’d be If I Have to Be Haunted, Miranda Sun’s literary debut. “I'm a graduate, and the paperwork overwhelmed me,” she said. She says there are plenty of existing aid programmes from the government, but none that are really useful – or easily accessible. Jill Barrett, who is English, says she had to jump bureaucratic hurdles to open her eco dairy, where she produces cheese, in Sierra de Gata. He agrees that the government should help those who want to raise goats or open a dairy, “instead of putting up obstacles”. “This isn’t charity, it’s about getting things done,” Bongui says. Hardcover (Not eligible for purchase using B&N Audiobooks Subscription credits). “One winter you can get through, but one after another, after another.People need governmental aid to stay”. It’s not easy to be young in these villages of Sierra de Gata, some of which have only 70 inhabitants, says Carmen Hernández Mancha, especially in winter when the streets empty. Marta Rodríguez Martínezĭepopulation is a vicious cycle – the more people leave, the less others want to come or to stay. An Italian volunteer, Olivia, and a German one, Katharina, plant trees in Sierra de Gata in November 2019.

If I Have to Be Haunted by Miranda Sun