A Boy Worth Knowing by Jennifer Cosgrove

And no one wanted to hang out with the crazy kid in the back of the room, muttering away to himself. There was nothing like sitting in math class and having a ghost whisper in my ear while trying to take notes.

Whatever was left behind when people died. My life was like the horror movies I loved. No one else ever paid that much attention to it. Looking closely, some of the stones that made up the foundation of the chapel could still be seen. Most people had no clue there used to be a cemetery out there. Samuel was always lurking among the sunken headstones. I turned the corner about a mile after leaving home, and that was when I saw him.

I wished she was more worried about the reason I was running instead of the fact I was doing it down an empty road. My mom worried about me the first time I took off alone. Down an isolated country road.Įverything changed when I was twelve, and not for the better. Nothing could touch me my morning run made everything go away, lost in miles at a time. The October air was just cold enough to set my lungs on fire, my breath visible in clouds of condensation, forcing all of the crap clogging up my head into the recycle bin. Ghosts, bullies, first love: it’s a lot to deal with when you’re just trying to survive senior year.

But James has issues of his own.īetween dead grandmothers and living aunts, Nate has to navigate the fact that he’s falling in love with his only friend, all while getting advice from the most unusual places. James not only notices him, he manages to work his way into Nate’s life. That is, until the new boy, James Powell, takes a seat next to him in homeroom. All Nate wants is to keep his secret and keep his head down until he can graduate. But they aren’t the only ones making his high school years a living hell. Seventeen-year-old Nate Shaw should know he’s been talking to them since he was twelve. Ghosts can’t seem to keep their opinions to themselves. Genre: Romance, Young Adult, NineStar Press, LGBT, gay, bisexual, romance, young adult, contemporary, paranormal, coming of age, ghosts, family drama, high school, bullying Add to Goodreads Publisher: NineStar Press – SunFire Imprint

A Boy Worth Knowing by Jennifer Cosgrove