Acclaimed author Jennifer Allison's popular Gilda Joyce mysteries have been recognized with an Edgar Award nomination and starred reviews from School Library Journal and Booklist. In The Bones of the Holy, the 13-year-old psychic sleuth is in St. Augustine, Florida, to solve two truly puzzling mysteries: Why has her mother suddenly decided to marry an antiques dealer who looks like a walrus? And who is the woman in white haunting the man's house?
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"After my friend Danielle had been bothering me for weeks to stop reading "the cult book" or otherwise known as The Host, I finally agreed and allowed her to pick out a book for me to read. She said that I would love this book and that it was a ghost mystery. At first, I was a little wary about reading it because I don't generally read mysterys and I especially don't read books about ghosts or other supernatural beings along the same lines. But, Danielle was right, I ended up LOVING the book. It wasn't your normal scary ghost story with horror and so scary it keeps you up all night with nightmares. It was really about a thirteen year old pyscic who decides to go to a school called "Our Lady of Sorrows" on scholarship that her mother's boyfriend helped her to get. The only reason why she decides to go is because of the school's mysterious past and she would like to investigate the mystery of the drowning of Dolores Lambert three years ago. This book made me LAUGH! And LAUGH and LAUGH! As opposed to my prior opinion of what the book would be like. In her letters to her deseased father (who she hopes could somehow read the letters although she knows he has passed away) about how much she doesn't like her mother's new boyfriend Brad and her descriptions of her older brother Stephen and her many attemps at trying get make a joke about Mr. Pante that he hasn't already heard I was laughing my head off. The only thing that I didn't like was the fact that the mystery wasn't very hard to figure out, which is why I dropped it one star. The moment the characters involved with Dolores' death were involved, I knew there was something wrong about them. The author made it kind of obvious without meaning to who caused the death of the freshman girl who had died three years prior to when the story takes place. The other thing that I didn't really enjoy was how much Gilda hated Brad, I personally loved Brad and loved it when he was in the story, if you ask me, he was one of the best characters in the whole book, comming in only a close second to Keith, the janitor who was my favorite for alll of the weird occurances that happened when he was around!" — Julie (4 out of 5 stars)
"After my friend Danielle had been bothering me for weeks to stop reading "the cult book" or otherwise known as The Host, I finally agreed and allowed her to pick out a book for me to read. She said that I would love this book and that it was a ghost mystery. At first, I was a little wary about reading it because I don't generally read mysterys and I especially don't read books about ghosts or other supernatural beings along the same lines. But, Danielle was right, I ended up LOVING the book. It wasn't your normal scary ghost story with horror and so scary it keeps you up all night with nightmares. It was really about a thirteen year old pyscic who decides to go to a school called "Our Lady of Sorrows" on scholarship that her mother's boyfriend helped her to get. The only reason why she decides to go is because of the school's mysterious past and she would like to investigate the mystery of the drowning of Dolores Lambert three years ago. This book made me LAUGH! And LAUGH and LAUGH! As opposed to my prior opinion of what the book would be like. In her letters to her deseased father (who she hopes could somehow read the letters although she knows he has passed away) about how much she doesn't like her mother's new boyfriend Brad and her descriptions of her older brother Stephen and her many attemps at trying get make a joke about Mr. Pante that he hasn't already heard I was laughing my head off. The only thing that I didn't like was the fact that the mystery wasn't very hard to figure out, which is why I dropped it one star. The moment the characters involved with Dolores' death were involved, I knew there was something wrong about them. The author made it kind of obvious without meaning to who caused the death of the freshman girl who had died three years prior to when the story takes place. The other thing that I didn't really enjoy was how much Gilda hated Brad, I personally loved Brad and loved it when he was in the story, if you ask me, he was one of the best characters in the whole book, comming in only a close second to Keith, the janitor who was my favorite for alll of the weird occurances that happened when he was around!"
" good, really awsome!!love it i plan to get the rest of the series!!! "
" I am reading it and it is very interesting...A very great mystery "
" i dont like this one as good as the first or the third, but it is a very good mystery. u must read the first before this one though. "
" Extremely good book!!! I loved it!!! "
" (:I love this book it is the sequal to the first book which is really good as well. I think the book is really good because i actully got scared but in the end its not that scary!! There isnt much to say about the book it was great and i recommend it to everybody!!:) "
" This book is off the hook. It`s full of ghost,(she`s a physic investigator,duh) and mystery. Phone calls from ghost, haunting lockers, and drama. this book is perfect for the horror lovers "
" LOVE LOVE LOVE! Can't wait to get my hands on the NEXT book! "
" As an avid Nancy Drew reader I fell instantly in love with Gilda Joyce. I am looking forward to reading the rest of the series and hope Ms. Allison has lots more in her! I will be saving this one for my daughter to read when she gets a little older. "
" I found this so disappointing. Always leading to some action but always missing it. There is no mystery, no psychic abilities, no anything. Just a busy-body girl who makes up this persona and makes a lot out of nothing. "
" AWESOME. It just needs one word. I would love to say another word that is much more better than just 'awesome', but I'm not very good at vocabulary... ><;; "
" Uh... this freaked me out but it was alright. Fantastic ending! Well WIERD but I liked the part where the gardener or someone like that was puzzled seeing 3 girls... us readers know that there is actually two girls there... who is the extra? Spooky!! "
" It was a really good book even though it did creep me out a lot! "
" Sometimes I just pick up books because I know what to expect from the author. --Like watching a TV series. I'm getting drawn into this one. Pretty light, but each book has a very serious subject it treats. This one was teen hazing or bullying. "
" Sometimes makes me scared and jump. T. W. "
" Gilda's character is SOOOOO annoying!! Grrr. I couldn't stand her "
" Delightful! I definitely would like to continue the series. "
" the books in these series are AWESOME!!!!!!!! "
" I think this book was great! It was so interesting and its detail was divine. It captures your attention from the very first chapter and you will find yourself forcing your eyes off the pages. "
" reslly good "
" Audio Book. For some reason they didn't have the correct edition listed so I went with this one. Again, VERY entertaining. I just love these. Unfortunately, our library doesn't seem to have the first or fifth on CD. :( Gilda is a fantastic character. "
" I really love The Gilda Joyce series! This one is SOOO good!!MY FAVORITE one in the series!! I started it at 8 am and finished it at 8 pm. I highly recommend this book to mystery lovers and a little bit of comedy! "
" I liked this book! It was a page turner! "
" Lots of mysteries and things to figure out. "
" Out of my school library (Crosby Elementary). Cute read for kids who like mysteries. "
" i didn't finifsh this book, but it was good so far "
" equally as good as the other. "
Jennifer Allison is is a former journalist, book editor, high school English teacher and the Edgar-nominated author of the Gilda Joyce: Psychic Investigator series. She lives in Chicago, IL with her husband and three children.
Jessica Almasy (she, her) is an actress, theater teacher, and award-winning audiobook narrator. She has recorded over eighty titles, including the Earphones Award–winning Clementine series and Operation Yes. She is the winner of two Audie Awards and several AudioFile Earphones Awards.
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