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Marly's Ghost

David Levithan

Marly's Ghost

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  • Spinetinglers - shivers up the spine time
  • Fantasy Worlds - awesome adventures of magic and mystery

Average rating

4 out 5

2 reviews

David Levithan, bestselling author of Every Day, gives Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol a Valentine’s remix

When Ben’s girlfriend, Marly, dies, he feels his life is over and the prospect of Valentine’s Day without her fills him with bitterness. But then Marly arrives – or at least, her ghost does – along with three other spirits. Now Ben must take a journey through Valentines past, present and future – and what he learns will change him forever. David Levithan is master of blending fantasy and romance, and Marly’s Ghost has every bit as wonderfully strange and magical as Every Day and Another Day. David is the New York Times best-selling author of Boy Meets Boy and Marly’s Ghost. While among his many collaborations are Will Grayson, Will Grayson with Fault in Our Stars author John Green, and Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist with Rachel Cohn, which became a major film. David’s latest collaboration with Rachel, The Twelve Days of Dash and Lily, was picked by Zoella for her Book Club with WHSmiths. Tiny Cooper from Will Grayson, Will Grayson, now has his own novel: Hold Me Closer: The Tiny Cooper Story. David is also a highly respected children’s book editor, whose list includes many luminaries of children’s literature, including Garth Nix, Libba Bray and Suzanne Collins. He lives and works in New York.

Reviews

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I like Ben the best due to my feeling of sympathy towards him after Marly dies.i would recommend this book.

Anonymous 29.07.2019

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I like this book because it's a twist on a Charles Dickens book, A Christmas Carol, except for valentines. The main character's, Ben's, girlfriend dies 6 months before the first scene is set. We see familiar characters along the way, such as: Tiny and Tim ( Tiny Tim) who are a gay couple in this book and Frank, Scrooge's nephew, is now Ben's best friend.

Anonymous 01.08.2017