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Spirit Seeker

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I'm the kind of person who doesn't really like to read, but every so often I find a really good book, like Spirit Seeker. This book is a real thrill-seeker that will keep you at the edge of your seat. Once I started reading it, I just couldn't put it down! Not only is it a mystery story but there is telepathy, suspense, and conflict involved. The conflict is between Holly and her Father,the detective on the scene who thinks Cody is the murderer, Cody, whose parents were murdered, and Sarah, Holly's best friend who also believes Cody is the murderer, while Holly believes Cody is innocent. This is a major, must read book!

This is a wonderful book about a girl named Holly who finds out one night that her boyfriend Cody's parents were murdered and he is the #1 suspect. She knows that Cody didn't do it and is proving him innocent, but there is one detective that is positive that Cody was the murderer. This detective is Holly's father. The whole area is thinking that it is Cody, including Holly's best friend, Sara. She and one other mysterious person are positive that he did not murder his own parents, the two people that brought him into this world. The mysterious lady says that she could see inside of the house when it happened and saw the spirits of Cody's parents and the murderer. The end is a total surprise and I don't want to give it away!

This book really kept me on the edge of my seat! As Holly setsout to find the murderer of her friend Cody's parent's, she stumblesacross a lady who can send Holly telepathic messages. She claims thatshe saw the murder through her head, but how? Holly's father is convinced that Cody killed his own parents, but Holly doesn't think so. Is Cody really guilty for a murder?

This book is good but not great. It is what you would call an almost book. It is pretty suspensful but it lacks one thing. Real mystery. At the end when you found out who did it you were not surprised. Yet it still gives you a thrill. I would rather rate it 3 1/2 stars but I can not do that.

This book was very suspenseful, but in a way you knew what was going to happen in the story. See, there's this girl named Holly who has a boyfriend named Cody. Cody's parents were killed one night when he was away from home. Everyone suspected him of killing his parents, all of his neighbors and his friends. Holly and one neighbor who lives down the street are the only ones who believe that Cody wasn't the murderer. Holly's dad is one of the detectives on the murder case. Holly investigates all around Cody's neighborhood asking his neighbors if they knew what happened to his parents and if they saw Cody that night. The one neighbor who knows that Cody didn't kill his parents is some type of a witch. She was able to actually see what happened inside the house, she was able to see the spirits. Towards the end of the book Holly actually goes inside the house to see if she can see the people who killed Cody's parents. Cody finds her there and tells her to go. Right before Holly saw the murderer someone came in and invaded her thoughts. But she figures out that the person who barged in on her and Cody was/is the killer, but doesn't know what to do about it.

Joan Lowery Nixon has an amazing talent when it comes to mixing together the perfect amount of suspense, wonder, mystery, fear, and real life problems to form a most delectable novel. Unfortunatley, this particular book was less than satisfying. It followed a very typical formula as far as character development and plot revelations go. The main character, Holly, is headstrong to the point of being just plain annoying. she has all the compassion in the world, but only for problems she feels are important enought to even try to understand. when her friend, cody, is being blamed for the murder of his own parents, she focuses entirely on biting the heads off of people who even explore the slightest possibility that he might be guilty. She has that attitude of "Im always right so unless you agree with me just shut up." her father lacks any comapassion whatsoever and the way he treats his family is just plain rude. all in all, the actual mystery was clever and rather brilliant, and the psychic really helped spice up the book. the characters are hard to sympathize with because of their lack of understanding, but the book was still a good read. :-)

This book is about the investigation of the murder of Holly Campbell's boyfriends parents. Holly's father is a detective, and her boyfriends name is Cody. One day she finds out that Cody's parents have been murdered. It was a homicide, so no one knows who did it. Holly's dad is investigating the case. After they have gathered some information about the murder, they suspect that Cody has something to do with it. Holly becomes bias and tries to convince her dad that her boyfriend is completely innocent. After trying so hard to convince her dad, she starts think about the case, and all the suspicions of Cody killing his own parents. Then she starts to have these visions, and finds out that she is a clairvoyant. Meaning that she possesses the gift to have premonitions. All the evidences add up and she comes to term that, Cody has killed his parents. Cody's parents were rich, so she thought that he would kill them for the money, so that was her motive. After this she becomes distant with Cody, even though he needs all the help and support he can get. Then she notices that he does need her help, so she becomes close to Cody again, even though he is suspected for killing his parents. As these visions build up, she has one where she goes back in time, and sees Cody's parents being killed. This freaks her out so she seeks help to a psychic. She then finds her way and learns to deal with her new gift. One day, Holly and Cody were at his uncle's house (where he has been staying since the murder) and his uncle, Frank confesses to killing Cody's parents. Frank did it for the money, out of jealousy, and greed. Cody is there dumbfounded; his uncle pulls out a gun. All of a sudden Holly's dad shows up and shoots Frank from behind. After that, they all find out the truth, that Cody is innocent. He has a sigh of relief, but he still has to live with the fact that his parents are gone.

Genre: Mystery
Three Sentence Summary: A couple has been murdered and their only child, a boy named Cody is the main suspect in the case of their murder. Cody is scared and confused and his best friend Holly wants to prove him innocent. Can she do it or will cody be convicted of murder?
What I liked most about this book: I loved the mystery of this book, it was so intense that you got caught up in it and felt like you were inside the story.
Why I didn't like it and why: There wasn't anything abotu this book.It had an amazing problem with a great and logical solution.
My favorite character and why: My favorite character was Holly because she believed her friend was inncoecent and never lost faith in him.
The scence, line,or passage that meant something to me and why: Pg number 43:" I know what your thinknig but you've got to beliveve me, I didn't kill my parents". That passage meant something to me bacause those were the words of a boy who was in his own way crying for help but no one believed him.
What I would say about this book to someone else: I would suggest this book to anyone who asks because the mystery is great and the suspense is real.
One question I have after reading this book : What does Cody do in the end?
My strongest reason for recommending this book: It is an amazing book that keeps your attention until the end. It's pretty much one of those" I can't put this down until I finish it kind of books.

The parents of Holly's friend, Cody, are brutally murdered and Cody is the main suspect.
Holly is determined to prove that Cody is innocent, but the authorites (1 of them being her father, a police detective) will not listen to her.

I took away 1 star because I am annoyed by novels involving attempted contact with the deceased, but it was certainly another page-turner from an awesome author.

A Review by Shana

A guy named Cody is the prime suspect in his parents' murder. Cody's best friend Holly Cambell is the only one that believes that Cody is innocent. So she has to help her friend Cody. Holly's Dad is one of the detectives on the case and he also thinks that Cody is the one that murdered his parents. Holly has no idea how she can help her friend Cody. Holly knows that it is all on her to help her friend because she I s the only that thinks that he is innocent.

This book is a mystery book with a lot of suspense. It is very easy to picture what the characters see, feel and hear. This book is very easy to fallow and keep up with. The book seems so real because of the conflict. Right when the book starts you are into it and it stays that way through out the whole book. The way the author writes makes you feel like you are really there and it is all happening around you. There is relevance to the book and real life because in the real world someone is supposed to be looked at as innocent until proven guilty and it is the same way in the book

I would recommend this book to people who like mystery books with a lot of suspense. This is a really good book and very easy to fallow.