Suze has a special gift: the ability to see, talk with and the ability to help ghosts move on to the afterlife.

When Suze's mother marries Andy and moves to the other side of the country, Suze thinks she might have a chance to have a normal life. This does not prove to be the case when she arrives at her new home to discover a ghost sitting on her window seat and another in her school.

Fairly predictable story line and easy to read. ( )

This book is Ghost Whisperer teen-style. I read and loved the whole series! ( )

Recommended by Stasia, this is a quick, easy, breezy, fun read. A Young Adult book about a 16 year old New York born and raised girl who, from the age of two, discovered she can communicate with ghosts. As a mediator she assists ghosts transition on to the next life.

When her mother remarries and moves to California, Susie's life changes as she adapts to a new school and three new brothers. In her new high school, she encounters a very nasty spirit of a girl who committed suicide. Learning to fit into a new environment while trying to keep the secret of her unique abilities proves to be quite a challenge.

If you are looking for a fun read, then take a few well spent hours and relax with this delightful book. ( )

Suze is a mediator—a liaison between the living and the dead. In other words, she sees dead people. And they won't leave her alone until she helps them resolve their unfinished business with the living. But Jesse, the hot ghost haunting her bedroom, doesn't seem to need her help. Which is a relief, because Suze has just moved to sunny California and plans to start fresh, with trips to the mall instead of the cemetery, and surfing instead of spectral visitations. But the very first day at her new school, Suze realizes it's not that easy. There's a ghost with revenge on her mind ... and Suze happens to be in the way.

I love Meg Cabot's books, my friends HIGHLY recommended this series to me along with her 1800 series. Anyways i can easily compare Suze to Rose Hathaway from Vampire Academy series. Only because of they are both smart asses and they kick asses or something like that.

Suze is my second favorite heroine of all time.

I love this book because it has just the right amount of action and love in it that it gets to be very addictive. It's Fun and light, this book has a heroine who is strong and doesn't mind kicking some ghost butt once in a while in her job as a mediator. She can see ghosts and her job is to help them resolve the issue that is keeping them on Earth and making them not want to move on.

There's mystery and action, there's a budding romance between her and a ghost that haunts her bedroom, Jesse, the challenge of living in a new town with new stepbrothers (3 of them!) and a new stepfather. I would really hate that job ~the mediator~, after i watched the sixth sense, i was like i never want to see a ghost. I mean that's a hard job and she doesn't get paid for it. i get her props! ( )

Readers Annotation:
When Suze’s mom gets married and moves her across the United States from New York to Carmel California she tries to look on the bright side. She has three new stepbrothers that aren’t too bad. On the first day of school the ghost of a girl that killed herself thinks she is trying to take over her life and wants to get even.
Plot Summary:
Suze leaves her old life behind in New York when she moves to California to live with her mom’s new husband and her new stepbrother’s. She is upset when she finds out the house that they will be living in is old. When her mom show’s her the bedroom they fixed up for her it’s easy to see why she was upset, sitting in her window seat is a handsome ghost named Jesse. She tells him to leave her room. The next day is the first day at her new school which is a catholic school in one of the original missions. When the Priest walks her to show her where her locker is a girl starts yelling at her and says that it is her locker. It turns out the Priest can see ghosts too and he is happy to meet a fellow “mediator”. A mediator is a person that can see and talk to ghosts, it is there job to help lost souls go on to the afterlife. The girl turns out to be a dead disgruntled ex-girlfriend of the hottest boy in school . She is determined to kill the boy and anyone that stands in her way. It is up to Suze to take care of the paranormal being before somebody gets hurt.
Evaluation:
This book is a fun, light read that will have reluctant readers breezing through the series. The author writes in a fun murder mystery style. The protagonist is a feisty young teen with lots of spirit that teen girls would be able to relate too. There is a little romance in this novel too, from the hot boy at school and from an expected source the ghost haunting the house. There is no bad language or sexual references. The Shadowland did not develop the characters a whole lot, but as this is the first in a series the characters should gain greater depth in the subsequent books in the series. I would recommend this book for young teens who are reluctant readers ages 12-15 and older readers who are looking for something on the lighter side. Interests: Murder, Mystery, Necromancer, Ghosts
Reason Included: Besides being number one New York Times bestsellers, Meg’s books are frequently chosen as ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age, IRA/CBC Young Adults' Choice, Book Sense Picks, have also been on the Texas Lone Star Reading List.
Authors Website: http://www.megcabot.com ( )