This as an excellent story . Tucker and his siter Phoepe move to a small town in Kansas after the death of their parents. SOmething seems somehow wrong eith the town Will Tucker and his siter figure out beofre its too late? Decentent story and I doulcnt put it down . Nicely done and a great way to spend an afternoon in the sun. ( )

Two teens move to a new school after the death of their parents, but there's more to the town than meets the eye. Tucker and Phoebe are both sensitive to the presence of echoes or ghosts, and something doesn't want them there.

I was initially put off by the first chapter where Tucker describes some of his classmates in what I thought at the time was a particularly vile way - until I realized that the reason I felt so uncomfortable with it was because it was so familiar.The characters are in many ways very alive and believable that remind me a lot of people I knew at that age in their interactions. Phoebe in particular I think could really resonate with people who have felt the same dark urges at some point in their lives.

The plot builds at a fairly nice pace but stumbles a little at the ending. I felt like they didn't do very much to bring about resolution, and it left me wondering if it's meant to be open-ended to leave it open for a continuation of the story. ( )

After the death of their parents Tucker and Phoebe move to a town in Kansas to live with their uncle. In addition to coping with the death of their parents and adjusting to a new life and school they start to get the feeling that some this is not quite right in their new town. Strange smells and people lead Tucker and Phoebe to uncover some of the tragic events in the towns past. The books seems to wrap up a little too quickly but overall a good read and in intriguing story. ( )

Tucker and his sister Phoebe moved to a small town to live with thier uncle after thier parents died in car crash. Tucker was starting his senior year, phoebe was a freshman. Tucker liked to draw but didnt like his art teacher. Ellen was in his art class and showed hime a ghost train. Haley was the rich girl and snob and was interested in tucker. was making life hard on Phoebe always being rude. Charlie was trying to prove that thier was ghosts even had some equipment. He also wanted to be charlies friend.
Tucker felt somthing was wrong with the town after feeling and seeing weird at Haley party and than later when Ellen shows him the ghost train. When tucker tried to show it to Charlie and he could not see it. He realized he was senstive to seeing more than most people. Phoebe was hearing voices in her head to cut herself.
Thier was somthing missing it seamed like in one spot. also the ending I wasn't happy with. It left some things up in the air. Maybe another book with these characters in. If so I will read it. I was given the ebook in exchange of honest review.

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In Borrowed Saints, Tucker Ellison and his sister, Phoebe, deal with strange phenomena in a new town after their parents die. There's a the usual contemporary teenager stuff: new kids in school, readjusting to a household and guardian they barely know, making friends and enemies. Then there's the weird stuff. Ghosts, murder, making friends and enemies. ;)

All in all, a good book.

The writing style is better than okay, but not quite great. The sheer number of fragmented sentences is eye-twitch worthy. They served more to annoy me rather than adding emphasis or dramatic effect.

Also, a couple of the voices seem a bit off for teenagers; for example, Tucker, in recounting the death of his parents to a friend, uses figurative language and a vernacular more akin to, oh, I dunno, a professional writer, than a high school senior. Conversely, the high school bitches (am I allowed to use that word?) sound more like ten-year-olds than teenagers.

The story is nothing short of riveting. The mystery is doled out in little chunks; a little discovered by Phoebe and a little by Tucker, with a lot of legwork lost between, since, apparently, each has to discover the entire thing himself. It involves the entire town, three historical tragedies (which turn out to have nothing to do with each other...?), and a rich guy who owns half the town but only has a brief cameo in the book itself. But that's all I'm sayin'.

It took a while to get into, but I really did end up caring about what happened to the main characters. A couple of side characters (Charlie, Gwen, etc.) seemed thrown in with no personality or purpose, but that wasn't a really big deal.

I wish a few things had been explained in a bit more detail when everything was wrapped up, but maybe there will be a sequel...? *hopeful look* ( )