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Ryan Douglass

    Ryan Douglass is an author whose debut young adult novel delves into the complexities of identity and coming-of-age. His work is characterized by a keen insight into the inner lives of characters and how they forge their place in the world. Douglass's style is both intimate and unsettling, prompting readers to reflect on their own experiences. Through his stories, he explores themes of belonging and the search for truth.

    The Taking of Jake Livingston
    • 2021

      The Taking of Jake Livingston

      • 256 pages
      • 9 hours of reading
      3.5(12510)Add rating

      An Instant New York Times Bestseller! Get Out meets Holly Jackson in this YA social thriller where survival is not a guarantee. Sixteen-year-old Jake Livingston sees dead people everywhere. But he can't decide what's worse: being a medium forced to watch the dead play out their last moments on a loop or being at the mercy of racist teachers as one of the few Black students at St. Clair Prep. Both are a living nightmare he wishes he could wake up from. But things at St. Clair start looking up with the arrival of another Black student—the handsome Allister—and for the first time, romance is on the horizon for Jake. Unfortunately, life as a medium is getting worse. Though most ghosts are harmless and Jake is always happy to help them move on to the next place, Sawyer Doon wants much more from Jake. In life, Sawyer was a troubled teen who shot and killed six kids at a local high school before taking his own life. Now he's a powerful, vengeful ghost and he has plans for Jake. Suddenly, everything Jake knows about dead world goes out the window as Sawyer begins to haunt him. High school soon becomes a different kind of survival game—one Jake is not sure he can win.

      The Taking of Jake Livingston