Haunting The Deep

Haunting The Deep

YA chiller
"'A ghost noise or a people noise?' Mrs. Meriwether asks.
My dad stiffens at the word 'ghost.' Mrs. Meriwether and Jaxon
know I saw Elijah, but he's one of those details I never mentioned to
my dad. How would I even start? Hey, Dad. I fell in love with this
dead guy from the sixteen hundreds who was stubborn and beautiful..."
Sam(antha), protagonist of Adriana Mather's Haunting The Deep,
is not that far removed from surviving a spell related nightmare. Her
stepmother didn't succeed in killing her. Her father is out of the
coma in which he was imprisoned. Her classmates aren't shunning her.
What she wants most of life is for this new normal to continue.
As if.
One day at breakfast Sam is the only one who can see a little
ghost girl dressed in vintage garments.
That morning at school the Spring Fling theme is announced: The
Titanic. This proves to be quite a controversial choice. It hadn't
even been in the running. But it's also a big deal. The history
faculty has altered their curriculum to teach about that ill fated
ship in depth.
That same morning Sam gets an urgent message from the
Descendants. (They're classmates descended from the alleged witches
killed in Salem--where they live--while Sam's infamous ancestor is
Cotton Mather, whose sinners in the hands of an angry God style
preaching started up that whole mess). She needs to join forces with
them to prevent something very bad from happening.
Pretty soon Sam is living la vida Titanic: seeing ghosts,
getting objects related to the ship that seem to have magical powers,
dreaming about the ship, and having experiences seemingly on board it
that soon seem as real as her twenty-first century life.
Then there's a cryptic warning from a woman named Redd that the
course she and the Descendants have embarked on could lead to death--
possibly hers.
Complications keep arising. Her best friend, Jaxon, becomes
seemingly bewitched and unwilling to help Sam. Her father, concerned
for her well being, wants to move from Salem to New York City.
Can Sam and her friends prevent the dire consequences they've
been warned about? Is the Titanic about to set sail in a new and
terrifying way?
There's one chilling and totally engaging way to find out.
On a purrrsonal note, since Wells will be closed on Halloween, we
celebrated early yesterday. I asked management about a costume
wearing option and they readily agreed. Also I had prepared bags of
candy for the classified (non student) workers. They have to work so
hard because of our being constantly short staffed. It all went
really well. We who wore costumes (I was a goth) had fun and just
about everyone else enjoyed our costumes. The classified employees
really appreciated their candy. Now I've started thinking on what to
do right before Thanksgiving to show they how thankful people are for
them. (Jules).
Our friend Emily from church dropped off a goodie bag for Jules and
me. (Tobago)
A great big shout out goes out to the Wells classified employees and
management. And of course to Emily.
Tobago and Jules Hathaway


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