BP #2

                                                                Ruined By Paula Morris
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      I am reading the book,Ruined By Paula Morris . So far, the book is really, really good !! The main character is a girl named Rebecca who lives with her Dad for her Mom died when she was younger. When Rebecca's Dad went away to China for a buisness trip, Rebecca stayed with her "Aunt" Claudia who really isn't her Aunt but is a close family friend. Rebecca goes there for the first time, and they live in New Orleans. Rebecca attends a new school for she is going to be staying there for 6 months. She soon comes to realize that New Orleans is not an ordinary place. When following a group of people from her school into the locked cemetary, she meets a ghost named Lisette who is a black slave. Lisette tells Rebecca her story of how she died, and how she walks to her old house once every year on the same day, which was coming up soon. Lisette asks if she wants to come along, and Rebecca is revealed into the wonderful world of ghosts. When Rebecca gets invited to a party for the most popular girl at school with a really cute boy, she goes and Lisette tells her she would be there too. When kissing the cute boy on the porch of the party, Rebecca spots Lisette as she walks into the party and she hears a very loud scream. Its the popular girl, Helena who is hosting the party. She cries out, "Mom! It's her, it's the black ghost!" And starts screaming histarically. No one else can see Lisette except for Rebecca and Helena. Soon, Anton, the cute boy who Rebecca is with explains that there is a curse on the girls of the Bowman house (the house of Helena) that each girl born into the family would die tragically before her 17 birthday if she sees the ghost. That's as far as I have read so far, but the whole story is based around if Helena can see the ghost, she'll die and since Rebecca can see it, can she die too ? I'm so excited to finish the book and can't wait untill I do !

      In Ruined, there is a girl named Rebecca who goes to stay with her Aunt in New Orleans when her Dad goes away on a buisness trip to China.While there, Rebecca finds out many interesting and creepy things about the little town inside New Orleans. Finding a ghost in the cemetary beside her house, she reveals many secrets not just about the town, but about her own family and the connection between her and the mean, rich girl at school. Staying untill Mardi Gras, many interesting things happen to Rebecca including meeting and hanging out with the cutest guy ever and getting caught in the locked cemetary. I would suggest this book to any one who is interested in mystery and suspense plus knowing a little bit more about the town of New Orelans.