Review: Grave Robbers will steal your imagination and run with it.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 19, 2011
To be honest, I must say I was drawn to this book because of it's cover art. However, it was the fantastic storytelling that kept me riveted.I loved the main character, Charlie. She is a twelve-year-old tomboy. Unfortunately, she suffers from taunts of the other girls in town, most scorning her because her mother ran off. She is a tough, smart and quite resourceful in a tough situation.Her father, Frank, is a grave digger who resorts to unsavory ways to make money. I love the line "Frank wasn't a bad man, just a man in a bad situation." It conveys the hard choices of a single father who must resort to robbing the very graves he digs to put food on the table and a roof over his daughter's head.Charlie wants nothing more than to find her mother. She steals the jewels off a dead widow to finance her quest, and leaves home. This is where the story really takes off. The ghost of the widow follows her, and the intent of this paranormal creature is quite a surprise.There is so many fabulous and unexpected twists in this story: jumping trains, ghosts, kidnapping and even unexpected love...but I will not give too much away.Let me add, this story is more than a ghost story. It's also shows how one can redeem themselves and change their lives. It's never too late to find happiness.I highly recommend this book, not only to young adults, but "old" ones too.I give 4 1/2 stars to the book and many kudos to the author!