{"id":2449,"date":"2015-05-27T06:11:59","date_gmt":"2015-05-27T13:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lindacollison.com\/?p=2449"},"modified":"2015-05-27T06:11:59","modified_gmt":"2015-05-27T13:11:59","slug":"water-ghosts-bea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madhatdesign.com\/newsite\/water-ghosts-bea\/","title":{"rendered":"Water Ghosts at the BEA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here we are in New York City at the Book Expo America, Bob and I. Today we’re looking forward to having lunch with Rick Spilman, fellow author and founder of Old Salt Press,<\/a> whose imprint Water Ghosts<\/em> bears.\u00a0 Spilman’s book The Shantyman<\/em> just received a starred review from Kirkus, no small feat! And I’m pleased with the recently published Kirkus review of<\/a> Water Ghosts<\/em>, posted below. Water Ghosts <\/em>will be published June 1, 2015.<\/p>\n

Foreword Reviews<\/a> is showcasing Water Ghosts<\/em> and Looking for Redfeather<\/em><\/a>, at their booth #453. I’m looking forward to putting names to faces today when I stop by to meet them, and to see the other independently published books they are featuring.<\/p>\n

More on the BEA 2015 to follow…<\/p>\n

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KIRKUS REVIEW<\/h2>\n

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CHILDREN’S AND TEEN<\/p>\n
Reviewed: May 12, 2015<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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WATER GHOSTS<\/a><\/p>\n
by Linda Collison<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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“In Collison\u2019s (Star-Crossed<\/i>, 2006, etc.) YA adventure, a teen on a character-building excursion at sea faces challenges larger than getting along with his crewmates when the spirit of a destructive ancient Chinese ghost appears.<\/p>\n

James McCafferty has the bad luck to be shanghaied by his mother and her boyfriend and sent aboard the Chinese junk Good Fortune<\/i>. He is not a happy sailor. While the other teens possess what might pass as conventional behavior problems\u2014the bookish boy obsessed with weapons, the tattooed punk girl, the adopted Asian kleptomaniac, the bully and his minions\u2014James is different. He isn\u2019t a bad kid; he just sees and hears dead people, who now pursue the Good Fortune <\/i>as it wanders to the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Yu Chin, the spirit of a 700-year-old Chinese eunuch in the imperial court, talks to James, berates him as a weakling, then tells him his plan to take over his body and send him to hell. Until then, readers\u2019 are treated to plenty of irreverent Holden Caulfield\u2013like wit along with James\u2019 spot-on observations, which seem to keep him afloat as the situation takes on water. When the chipper youth counselor Marty\u2014\u201ca continuous public service announcement\u201d\u2014and first mate Miles disappear and Capt. Dan, who \u201clooks more like somebody\u2019s fat, stoned uncle,\u201d dies, the ship is inexorably drawn toward a fate that involves a parallel spirit world and an ancient Chinese power struggle. The abandoned teens don\u2019t become as feral as those in The Lord of the Flies<\/i>; instead, their camaraderie comes in handy just as a ghost armada raises itself from the deep. Much interesting information on Chinese sailing ships and mythology is introduced, and while not all of it is essential to the plot, Collison deftly prevents the info from talking down to young readers or encumbering the story.”<\/p>\n

“A witty YA voyage with plenty of narrative power.”<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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