Jenny Carroll

Fire in the sky Just because her best friend wants to exercise, Jessica Mastriani agrees to walk the two miles home from their high school. Straight into a huge Indiana thunderstorm. And straight into trouble. Not that Jess has never been in trouble before. Her extracurricular activities, instead of cheerleading or 4-H, include fistfights with the football team and monthlong stints in detention -- luckily, sitting right next to Rob, the sexiest senior around. But this trouble is serious. Because somehow on that long walk home, Jessica acquired a newfound talent. An amazing power that can be used for good...or for evil. Run, Jessica. Run.

Suze is a mediator -- a liaison between the living and the dead. In other words, she sees dead people. And they won't leave her alone until she helps them resolve their unfinished business with the living. But Jesse, the hot ghost haunting her bedroom, doesn't seem to need her help. Which is a relief, because Suze has just moved to sunny California and plans to start fresh, with trips to the mall instead of the cemetery, and surfing instead of spectral visitations. But the very first day at her new school, Suze realizes it's not that easy. There's a ghost with revenge on her mind ... and Suze happens to be in the way.

Accidents happen. With ghostly consequences, if you're Susannah Simon. The RLS Angels are out for blood, and only Suze can stop them - since she's the only one who can see them. The four ghostly teenagers died in a terrible car accident, for which they blame Suze's classmate Michael... and they'll stop at nothing until he's joined them in the realm of the dead. As Suze desperately fends off each attempt on Michael's life, she finds she can relate to the Angels' fury. Because their deaths turn out not to have been accidental at all. And their killer is only too willing to strike again.

Ghosts ruin everything. Especially your love life. Everything is going great for Suze. Her new life in California is a whirlwind of parties and excellent hair days. Tad Beaumont, the hottest boy in town, has even asked Suze out on her very first date. Suze is so excited that she's willing to ignore her misgivings about Tad... particularly the fact that he's not Jesse, whose ghostly status - not to mention apparent disinterest in her - make him unattainable. What Suze can't ignore, however, is the ghost of a murdered woman whose death seems directly connected to dark secrets hidden in none other than Tad Beaumont's past.

What - or who - is buried in Susannah's backyard? When the nineteenth-century ghost of Maria de Silva wakes her up in the middle of the night, Suze knows this is no ordinary visitation - and not just from the knife at her throat, either. In life, Maria was the fiancée of Jesse - the same Jesse who was murdered a hundred and fifty years before. The same Jesse Suze is in love with. Maria threatens Suze: The backyard construction must cease. Suze has a pretty good idea what - or rather, who - Maria doesn't want found. But in solving Jesse's murder, will Suze end up losing him forever?

JESS MASTRIANI Knew she wasn't going to be able to hide her psychic powers from the U.S. government forever. But she never thought that she and Dr. Krantz, the special agent brought in to convince Jess to join his elite team of "specially gifted" crime solvers, would have something in common. When a local boy's disappearance is attributed to a backwoods militia group, it turns out that Jess and Dr. Krantz have the same goal. Suddenly Jess finds herself collaborating with one enemy in order to stop a far worse one. In an atmosphere of hate and fear, Jess and Dr. Krantz must work together to unite a community and save a life...without losing their own.

JESS MASTRIANI was on vacation when Amber went missing. Most people blame Jess for Amber's brutal slaying, but how could Jess -- even with her psychic ability to find anyone, anywhere -- have stopped the cheerleader from turning up dead, without having known she was even missing? When yet another cheerleader disappears, Jess has a chance to redeem herself. If she can just find the girl before it's too late, maybe Jess will finally have a chance to be part of the in crowd. Except that it's starting to look like being in might just get you -- not to mention your loved ones -- killed. So much for popularity.

JESS MASTRIANI was dubbed "Lightning Girl" by the press when she developed a psychic ability to find missing children after she was struck by lightning during a huge storm. Now Jess has lost her miraculous powers...or at least she would like the media and the government to think so. All she wants is to be left alone. But it doesn't look like Jess is going to get her wish -- especially not while working at a summer camp for musically gifted kids. When the father of a missing girl shows up to beg Jess to find his daughter, Jess can't say no. Now the Feds are on her tail again, as is one ornery stepdad, who'd like to see Lightning Girl...well, dead.

Susannah Simon est medium. Elle fait le lien entre les morts et les vivants. Pas de répit pour elle : les fantômes exigent qu'elle achève ce qu'ils n'ont pas eu le temps d'accomplir sur Terre. Mais quand on vient d'emménager sous le soleil de Californie, qu'on est une fille et qu'on a seize ans, on préfère se balader dans les centres commerciaux plutôt que dans les cimetières. Hélas, dès son arrivée dans son nouveau lycée, Susannah comprend que sa vie ne va pas être aussi simple. Le fantôme d'une jeune lycéenne a décidé de se venger. Or, Susannah se trouve sur sa route.

Em A hora mais sombria, quarto livro da série A mediadora, Suzannah sofre com sua paixão por Jesse - o fantasma "muito gato e com abdômen de tanquinho", que "vive" assombrando seu quarto. Desta vez, Suzannah aproveita as férias de verão para incrementar seu guarda-roupa com o dinheiro ganho com um trabalho árduo e muitíssimo trabalhoso. Enquanto passa seus dias como babá, sonhando com aquele novo par de Manolo Blanik ou aquele vestidinho Prada, ainda arruma tempo para orientar um menino de cinco anos que se revela um mediador. Para completar, precisa fugir das cantadas do irmão mais velho do moleque, que guarda um estranho segredo. Mas esse é o menor de seus problemas: acordar no meio da noite com uma faca na garganta, empunhada pela ex-noiva (morta!) de seu namoradinho fantasma, não pode ser um bom sinal. Ainda mais quando a fantasma exige que a construção de uma piscina nos fundos da casa de Suzannah seja interrompida imediatamente. Nossa mediadora preferida começa a pensar o que a fantasma tem tanto medo que encontrem. A possibilidade de ser o corpo de Jesse não está completamente descartada. E se for isto mesmo? E se, ao solucionarem seu assassinato, o rapaz conseguir, enfim, passar para o outro lado? Como ela vai agüentar de saudades?

Accidents happen. With ghostly consequences, if you're Susannah Simon. The RLS Angels are out for blood, and only Suze can stop them - since she's the only one who can see them. The four ghostly teenagers died in a terrible car accident, for which they blame Suze's classmate Michael... and they'll stop at nothing until he's joined them in the realm of the dead. As Suze desperately fends off each attempt on Michael's life, she finds she can relate to the Angels' fury. Because their deaths turn out not to have been accidental at all. And their killer is only too willing to strike again.

Em O ARCANO NOVE, segundo volume de A Mediadora — nova série de Meg Cabot iniciada com A terra das sombras —, Suzannah continua apaixonada por um sujeito de outro mundo. Literalmente. O fantasma do bonitão Jesse, que vive aparecendo em seu quarto, mexe com o coração da adolescente. Mas Tad Beaumont, o garoto mais descolado e rico da cidade, também entra no páreo. E com uma vantagem inegável: ele está vivo. O rapaz convida Suzannah para uma festa, onde ela pode ganhar seu primeiro beijo. Se pelo menos os dois não tivessem resolvido que o jardim de urtigas era o melhor lugar para o acontecimento.

Falar com um fantasma pode ser assustador. Ter a habilidade de se comunicar com todos, então, é de arrepiar qualquer um. A jovem Suzannah seria uma adolescente novaiorquina comum, com seu indefectível casaco de couro, botas de combate e humor cáustico, se não fosse por um pequeno detalhe. Ela conversa com mortos. Todos eles. Qualquer um. Ela é uma mediadora, em termos místicos, uma pessoa cuja missão é ajudar almas penadas a descansar em paz. Um dom nada bem-vindo e que a deixa em apuros com mãe e professores. Como convencê-los da inocência nas travessuras provocadas por assombrações? Essa é a emocionante trama de A mediadora série best seller de Meg Cabot, que ganha nova capa. Em A TERRA DAS SOMBRAS, primeiro volume da série, Cabot apresenta a vida desta mediadora divertida, que tem certa ojeriza a prédios antigos — quanto mais velho um edifício maiores as probabilidades de alguém ter morrido dentro dele —, um pai-fantasma nada ausente e uma nova família, que inclui um pai adotivo e três irmãos postiços. A história começa com a mudança de Suzannah para a ensolarada Califórnia e, para seu desespero, uma casa do século passado. Assombrada, claro. Só que por um fantasma bonitão, que nada faz para assustá-la. Muito pelo contrário. Os problemas de Suzannah, porém, não estão só no lar, mas também na escola. Lá, o espírito de uma garota, que se matou por causa do namorado, ameaça a segurança de todos. Só Suzannah com suas habilidades e poderes especiais pode salvar seus amigos e professores da fúria terrível de uma assombração com grandes poderes...

Em REUNIÃO, terceiro livro da série A mediadora, Suzannah ainda sofre com sua paixão platônica por Jesse. Nada demais para uma adolescente. Só que o rapaz morreu há quase dois séculos e ‘vive’ assombrando o quarto de Suzannah, em sua nova casa, na costa oeste americana. Entre a juventude platinada local, no melhor estilo de OC, a menina tenta se adaptar ao novo colégio e à nova família, herdada com o casamento da mãe. Entre as recentes amizades e agitos naturais da idade, ela resolve pendências do mundo espiritual.

Suze should be spending the summer vacation at the beach. Instead she's been forced to get a babysitting job at a swanky resort. She'd expected to look after some boring brat, so Suze is surprised to find that her charge is actually a budding mediator - with a totally hot older brother. Not that Suze's head could be turned by some guy - she's pledged her heart to Jesse, the most gorgeous ghost ever. But it's tough when the boy you love doesn't seem to love you back, and it's even tougher when you think you've found his 150-year-old grave in your backyard. Suze knows it's dangerous to dig up the past, but how can she focus on babysitting when she could be close to discovering who killed Jesse?