Fantastic Book! I enjoyed every page of it. It's a tightly, well though out and well told tale. The ending was a nice suprise too. ( )

This book had a lot packed in: ghosts, physics, religion, philosophy, relationships, and grief. What this led to was a page turner. I couldn’t wait to find out if Vince was going to figure out how to contact Herbie, or why Eamon Connelly was so desperate to do the same. Recommended to boys and girls alike. ( )

A story of a restless ghost – but which one? Herbie’s brother Frank died when he was 9 and Frank was 17 (the age Herbie is now) One night when running through the cemetery H comes across Eamon who died in 1888 climbing a cliff, and who now takes form only when H is near. H’s encounter is narrated by Frank and as the story unfolds it becomes clear that F is the ghost who is restless ( he must meet up with E as he is F & H’s great grandfather) and needs to rest. Meanwhile H does all the high school things like runs cross-country, gets pummeled in Grid iron, meets a sensible girl called Diane (who incidently also starts to see auras and hears ghosts after a scary encounter in the cemetery with H.)

From School Library Journal
Grade 9 Up-Herbie, 17, has taken on a lot in the last few weeks of summer. He has decided that he's going to participate in two sports in the fall, football and cross-country. He is out late one night running through a graveyard when he senses someone following him. This feeling stays with him for the rest of his run and makes him more than a little uneasy but also a little intrigued. He begins to make this route a routine, and each time the presence becomes more intense. One evening, a ghost of a young man materializes out of thin air and touches him. Afterward, Herbie begins to sense and, on occasion, see other spirits, including that of his older brother, Frank, who has been dead for 10 years. Herbie, Frank, and the ghost of Eamon, the original spirit he encountered, are intertwined in a search for an understanding of one another's experiences in life and in death and how to move on from them. This story is a bit tricky to follow. The narrator is revealed, eventually, as the spirit of Frank but his first-person account seems to complicate the telling. The jumps among the three story lines can be abrupt but shouldn't be a problem for fans of ghost or fantasy stories. Herbie is a smart, likable, and compassionate protagonist. Otherworldly encounters are popular with teens, and this one should appeal to thoughtful readers who won't be overwhelmed by the complexity of the plot or the sophistication of the writing.
Donna M. Knott, The Lovett School, Atlanta
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