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Bayou Dogs (2009)

by Tony Abbott(Favorite Author)

3.96 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0545034302 (ISBN13: 9780545034302)

languge

English

genre

Paranormal Fantasy

publisher

Scholastic Paperbacks

series

The Haunting of Derek Stone

review 1: Why would someone want to hide the fact that this book is the second in a series? I'll tell you:Someone coming across this in the library would not want to read number two before number one and if number one wasn't available he would give up. Whereas anyone who read and liked number one would search for the second installment and recognize it even if the little number two was missing on the cover.So I get it. But that doesn't make me less irritated that I spent the first half of the (short) book thinking, "Man, this sure has a lot of backstory." In the end he references something I was sure wasn't on the previous CDs and I knew. Those jerks tricked me into listening to a book out of order.Let me assure you I won't be looking for number one. Take that, jacket art peop... morele! Your tricks backfired! Next time spend the money to print a big fat 2 on the binding.Incidentally, the writing was pretty good. But it was very very dark. Kind of like what would happen if Stephen King started writing children's books. I will say it had clever ideas and seriously creepy scenes, but unless you want your kids to have nightmares for a week, steer clear of this series.
review 2: Reviewed by Shyanne for TeensReadToo.comDerek Stone was just your normal 14-year-old kid until he was in a train crash. Now, the souls of dead beings have crossed into the bodies of the new crash victims and taken over.In the world of the dead there has been a war raging - and now the dead want to bring it over into the world of the living.The rift is breaking and the dead are crossing into deceased bodies from the living world. They are all after Derek Stone, and he must do everything he can to escape them.He has the help of a young man by the name of Virgil Black. Virgil wants to be dead and at peace, but with the war this is not possible. Instead, Virgil crossed into the body of Derek's brother, who died in the crash.A few of the other crossovers are good allies, but not all. Many are on the bad side of the war and want the rift to be torn forever.With the help of Virgil, Derek must try to reach his destination before the crossed-over dead do. A destination that holds a surprise for him that will unravel even more everything he thought he knew.BAYOU DOGS is the second book in THE HAUNTING OF DEREK STONE series, following CITY OF THE DEAD. Readers will be pleased with this second installment. less

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