While the true scares are relegated to a few ephemeral moments during the buildup of the haunting, and the ghost's vengeful motivations feel undernourished, fans of classic young adult ghost stories should welcome this solid offering. As Alexis's stubborn stereotypes disintegrate, so does her unwillingness to accept the possibility of unseen forces, and she addresses the change with wry humor (“What was this, Challenge Alexis's Long-Held Assumptions Day?”). Meanwhile, Alexis's social life takes an unexpected turn via a budding romance with the class vice-president and a new confidante: a cheerleader with a clairvoyant bent. Tension builds slowly as doll-obsessed Kasey starts acting more strangely than normal, the girls' father is hospitalized after a car accident and the house itself becomes increasingly temperamental (the air-conditioner seems determined to freeze them to death, and the girls are strangely drawn to the creepy basement). Once the story in this absorbing, page turning, heart pounding, wicked, creepy, suspenseful thriller gets cranked up, you won't want to put it down until you've reached the end.

'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title.In Alender's character-driven debut, outsider Alexis-who dyes her hair exotic colors, hates cheerleaders and sees the world through the lens of her camera-first suspects something's amiss when she and her younger sister, Kasey, notice light emanating from their antiquated house. Fortunately, good girls don't die either in Katie Alender's debut novel Bad Girls Don't Die. She is the third of four children (three girls and a boy) and the child of three very. A good additional purchase for girls who like to be scared a little-but not too much.- Emma Burkhart, Springside School, Philadelphia, PAĬopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Katie Alender (rhymes with calendar) grew up in South Florida. However, Alexis's story is compelling, and her voice is funny and authentic despite the creepy situations in which she finds herself. It's difficult to reconcile a teen coming-of-age story with a ghost-populated murder mystery, and Alender succeeds somewhat awkwardly.

But soon, bizarre happenings take over, and Alexis comes to realize that Kasey is demon-possessed and hell-bent on murder. At first, inexplicable dreams and eerie balls of green light hovering around Alexis's house seem like fringe occurrences in a story otherwise concerned with family, friendship, and a tentative romance.

Missing dust cover, otherwise book is in good condition with some. Alexis, a self-described anti-cheerleader, defiantly embraces her role as bad student and social outcast, skipping class and spending her time in the darkroom, until the increasingly odd behavior of her little sister, Kasey, draws her into a world of evil spirits and dangerous games. Bad Girls Dont Die (Bad Girls Dont Die, 1). Grade 6–9-Although it begins like the average high school misfit story, Alender's novel quickly takes an unexpected turn.

Bad Girls Don't Die by Katie Alender