The Black Butterfly

By Shirley Reva Vernick
Paperback: $11.95

Penny’s reluctant stay at the Black Butterfly is interrupted by two very real ghosts, and a potential first love in this sweet and chilling story set on the coast of Maine.

Description

Penny is furious that she has to spend Christmas break alone at the Black Butterfly, an old inn at the coldest, bleakest edge of America–the coast of Maine. This trip is the brainchild of Penny’s flaky, ghost hunting mother, who leaves Penny at the Black Butterfly so she can hunt ghosts across the country. Penny does not believe in ghosts, until, that is, she discovers two very real apparitions in the Black Butterfly, which only she can see. As if things couldn’t get any more complicated, she meets George, the handsome son of the inn’s owner. George definitely does not believe in ghosts, which poses a problem for Penny since one of the ghosts wants her dead.

With George unwilling to believe, and her mother out of reach, Penny must find a way to save herself. Or is it too late for her and the ghosts, and will she lose her life, first love, and her sanity?

About the Creators

Shirley Reva Vernick

Shirley Reva Vernick is an award-winning author and journalist. Her works include The Sky We Shared, Remember Dippy, The Blood Lie, and The Black Butterfly. Her interviews and feature articles have appeared in numerous magazines, national newspapers, and university publications. She also runs a popular storytelling website, storybee.org, which is used in schools, libraries, hospitals, and homes all over the world. Shirley graduated from Cornell University and is an alumna of the Radcliffe Writing Seminars. She lives in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Reviews

  • "Aspiring foodies will savor Vernick's ghostly mystery and romance served up between meals at the Black Butterfly Inn. . .things get exciting when the relationship between Penny and George heats up and details of an untimely death unfold."

    - ALAN Picks
  • "This is a unique story about holding on and letting go, about hope and forgiveness, and about ghosts and their stories."

    - Youth Services Book Reviews
  • "The Black Butterfly is a hauntingly delicious mix of ghostly adventures, budding romance, and page-turning intrigue that will have you breathless up until the end."
    - Marley Gibson, bestselling author of the Gust Huntress series
  • "A very charming, witty, and suspenseful young adult novel about a haunted inn in Maine, ghosts, first love, and getting to know oneself. Highly recommended."
    - R. Barri Flowers, author ofJustice Served

Paperback

  • ISBN 9781935955801
  • Price $11.95
  • Publication Date Jun 24, 2014
  • Trim Size 7 × 5 in
  • Weight 0.4375 lbs
  • Page Count 226
  • Hardcover

  • ISBN 9781935955795
  • Price $19.95
  • Publication Date Jun 24, 2014
  • Trim Size 7 × 5 in
  • Weight 0.9375 lbs
  • Page Count 226
  • Interests

  • Imprint Cinco Puntos Press
  • Audience Middle Grade
  • BISAC Category 1 JUV / Horror
  • BISAC Category 2 JUV / Family / Marriage & Divorce
  • BISAC Category 3 JUV / Social Themes / Friendship
  • Themes Conflict resolution, Families, Fantasy, Fiction, Identity / Self Esteem / Confidence, Mothers, Mystery / Suspense, Paranormal, Realistic Fiction, Teen Interest, YA interest
  • Reading Levels

  • Age Range Ages 13 - 18
  • Grade Range Grades 8 - 12
  • Guided Reading Z+
  • ATOS Book Level 9
  • Interest Level Grades 8 - 12
  • Lexile Level 690
  • Lexile Measurement 690L
  • Reading Level Grades 9 - 10
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