Texting the Underworld

Texting the Underworld by Booraem, Ellen. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780803737044.

Perpetual scaredy-cat Conor ONeill has the fright of his life when a banshee girl named Ashling shows up in his bedroom. Ashling is--as all banshees are--a harbinger of death, but shes new at this banshee business, and first she insists on going to middle school. As Conor attempts to hide her identity from his teachers, he realizes hes going to have to pay a visit to the underworld if he wants to keep his family safe. "Got your cell?" "Yeah . . . . Dont see what good itll do me." "Ill text you if anything happens that you should know." "Text me? Javier, well be in the afterlife." "You never know. Maybe they get a signal." Discover why Kirkus has called Booraems work "utterly original American fantasy . . . frequently hysterical." This totally fresh take on the afterlife combines the kid next door appeal of Percy Jackson with the snark of Artemis Fowl and the heart of a true middle grade classic.