Remember Me [Paperback]

Christopher Pike (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 27, 2007 | Series: Remember Me (Book 1)

SHE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT SHE WAS DEAD.

When Shari Cooper awoke at home after being at her girlfriend's birthday party, her family acted like she wasn't there. They didn't hear a thing she said. They wouldn't even look at her. Then the call came from the hospital. Her father and brother paled. Her mother started to cry. Shari didn't know what was wrong. Not until she followed them to the hospital. There she found herself lying on a cold slab in the morgue. The police said that it was suicide.

Shari knew she had been murdered. Making a vow to herself to find her killer, Shari embarks on the strangest of all criminal investigations: one in which she spies on her friends, and even enters their dreams -- where she comes face-to-face with a nightmare from beyond the grave. The Shadow -- a thing more horrible than death itself -- is the key to Shari's death, and the only thing that can stop her murderer from murdering again.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Shari is dead, and she knows that she didn't kill herself. So rather than merging with the cosmos as other spirits do, she lingers near the world of the living, determined to find her murderer. Fortunately for Shari, she is not alone in the hereafter. She finds a kindred spirit in Peter, the ghost of a boy she went to high school with. The ethereal duo discover Shari's killer in time to prevent another murder. But their techniques are not typical: rather, they solve the mystery by spying on old friends, attempting to communicate through a Ouija board, entering people's dreams and confronting the darker aspects of their own souls. The novel's central mystery, though somewhat contrived, moves along briskly. Plenty of action combined with several creepy seance scenes keep the pages turning. However, although the novel makes it clear that both Peter and Shari would rather be alive, some may question the prudence of presenting young readers with such a seductive vision of life after death. Ages 12-up.
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About the Author

Christopher Pike is a best-selling author of young adult novels.  The Thirst series, The Secret of Ka, and the Remember Me and Alosha trilogies are some of his favorite titles.  He is also the author of several adult novels, including Sati and The Season of Passage.  Thirst and Alosha are slated to be released as feature films.  Pike currently lives in Santa Barbara, where it is rumored he never leaves his house.  But he can be found online at Christopherpikebooks.com.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 13 and up
  
• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Simon Pulse (November 27, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1416968199
• ISBN-13: 978-1416968191
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (144 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #253,736 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Forever a Pike fan..., March 5, 2006

By 

KMC "ahhh...the smell of new books" (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Remember Me #1 (reissue) (Mass Market Paperback)

Christopher Pike...I always wished I could meet this author in person to tell him how profoundly his books touched me. I am glad to see I'm not crazy and that 10-15 years later, I'm not the only one who will never forget his books and still remember the characters as vividly as the very first day I read about them.

I'm 28 years old, now, and still love re-reading this book. It's always been one of my favorites. What could be more intriguing than reading about a young girl, just like I was once, whose life ended too young?

Pike is the reason that I fell in love with reading. I hope that generations of teenagers since have discovered his stories. I'm now interested in reading his work for adults. Even this long after I first discovered his work, I still wish I could see some of his books made into movies.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars one word summary: Wow!, November 10, 1996

By A Customer

This review is from: Remember Me: Remember Me (Hardcover)

I read this book while going on a vacation because I had
nothing else to read... Now I am extremely glad that I did!
I have read several of Christopher Pike's books, and I have
enjoyed all, but I find Remember Me to be the most
intriguing because of his individualistic look into death
and the life after.
It is a story about a young girl named Shari Cooper
who dies and meets her old friend, Peter, who had died
earlier. Together, they try to convince a cop who is
looking into Shari's death that she did not kill herself and
that she was murdered. She faces many dificulties while
trying to perform this task including her very close
brother's pain of losing her, old secrets about who she
really is, and the mysterious way of life after death.
Pike introduces many concepts of life and death,
especially in the sequals of Remember Me. This is one of
the things I enjoyed most about this book. Although it is
sad, it helped me realize all the things I want to do before
I die. Pike's aspects of life and death are overwhelming
but comforting in a way. I think, What if it were true that
we can go on and live after death?
I think that you should read this book because it
provides an excellent story as well as many concepts, ideas,
and a happy ending (if there ever was one) about death.
Shari Cooper is the perfect character for this book and
Christopher Pike is the perfect writer for the job.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Remember Me by Christopher Pike, June 1, 2006

By 

Ashleigh Kosniak - See all my reviews

This review is from: Remember Me #1 (reissue) (Mass Market Paperback)

The book Remember Me, by Christopher Pike, is a well written book about a young girl trying to solve a murder. Her murder. From beyond the grave. I thought the topic itself was very unique and intriguing itself. The concept of a girl struggling to prove herself innocent of suicide was originally and moving. I really liked how Christopher Pike didn't lower himself like most adult authors, but wrote as if young adults have a mind of their own, a brilliant mind at that.

Shari, the main character, is at a party and is killed. The police and her family and friends are all convinced it was suicide, but Shari knows she was murdered. Evidently so does one of the detectives. Shari finds an old friend of her's from school on the other side. Throughout the whole story Shari and Peter are stumbling upon some of the most unthinkable clues pointing to the one person that seems the most unlikely. Shari and Peter know they have to stop her murderer before she murders again. The one detective who doesn't believe in Shari's supposed suicide is the first to realize the true killer. He exposes the truth leaving Shari a form of a debt. In the end, Shari does the most she can for him and ends up giving him the most precious thing of all.

I would most definitely reccomend this book to anyone who loves mysteries. Especially mysteries that seem complicated and twisted, but have the simplest answer that's right in front of your face. If you want a good thriller with a hint of romance, read Remember Me by Christopher Pike.