BEFORE THERE WAS 9/11 . . . THERE WAS 6/15
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On June 15, 1904, over one thousand German immigrants on a Lutheran Church outing died when the General Slocum steamship caught fire and sank in the East River. It was the greatest disaster and loss of life in New York City history . . . until 9/11. But was it a tragic accident or willful murder?
When her Jewish boyfriend Dustin is accused of the crime, Mallory, risks everything to solve the mystery behind the tragedy. Was Dustin guilty? Or, was someone else responsible for the fire?
As New York City launches an official coroner's inquest, a secondary one takes place in the community of Kleindeutschland (Little Germany) â with Dustin on trial. Now insubstantial, Mallory uses all the powers of this world and the next to save her beloved and to punish those responsible. Set against a backdrop of corruption and pervasive anti-Semitism, Mallory finds herself doing things she couldnât have imagined doing before the Slocum tragedy, and her search for justice leads her to a fundamental truth about herself: Sometimes you donât really start to live your life . . . until you lose it.
Mallory Meer is like any other teenage girl. She likes to have fun. She thinks her sister is ridiculous. Her parents drive her crazy. She's got a terrible crush on Dustin and follows him everywhere.
Mallory even has a summer jobâfiguring out the truth about the fire on the General Slocum steamship, the disaster that killed her sister. Mallory is determined to get to the bottom of it, to find out who's guilty, and to finally bring them to justice.
Sometimes Mallory gets angry, very angry, and strange things happen when Mallory gets angry.
Yes, Mallory is like any other teenage girl . . . except Mallory is dead.
Ranked one of the Top Ten Children's Books of the year by the Washington Post, Kiss me, I'm Dead was named a Notable Book for Teens by the Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee, a Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Teen's Top Ten, and nominated for a Cybils literary award.
The Washington Post said, "(J.G. Sandom) writes with a precision and delicacy unusual for YA fiction," and called the book, "A subtle gem." In its starred review, School Library Journal said, "Kiss Me, Iâm Dead tells a remarkable story in a remarkable way." Horn Book Magazine called the work, "A decidedly unconventional ghost story . . . (and) a tightly wound novel." Kirkus Reviews termed it, "A remarkable account." Romantic Times said, "Kiss Me, Iâm Dead is a book you shouldn't pass up." Midwest Book Review termed it, "a wonderfully different kind of ghost story." And Bookslut.com said, "Kiss Me, Iâm Dead scores on several levels, most notably as a drama that blows apart all preconceived notions of how history can be retold."
Kiss Me, I'm Dead is now available in paperback and as an eBook from Cornucopia Press. This is J.G. Sandom's second Young Adult (YA) novel, originally released in hard cover under pen name T.K. Welsh by Dutton (Penguin) with the title The Unresolved.
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