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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
    • The Taking of Jake Livingston

      • 256 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      Sixteen-year-old Jake sees dead people, but when one ghost starts menacing him, Jake soon realises he's out of his depth. Get Out meets Holly Jackson in this YA social thriller where survival is not guaranteed. 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, 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. High school has become a different kind of survival game – one Jake is not sure he can win.

      The Taking of Jake Livingston2021
      3.5