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Death at Carp High by Jeremy Gold
Publication date: April 7th 2014
Genres: Mystery, Young Adult
Jake Brown is your average, above-average kid. He generally has his mind on the usual things that male high school seniors think about: girls, avoiding Spanish class, girls, pizza, surfing, girls, and of course, girls. None of that changes when he and his best friend, Dean, go surfing and find a body with a hole in its head floating beyond the waves.
Shortly after “the big discovery,” Sydney, a cross country running teammate of Jake’s, asks him to go to Morp—“Prom” spelled backwards—a Sadie Hawkins-style dance where the girls ask out the boys. As if life isn’t exciting enough trying to solve a murder, it looks like Jake is about to have his fondest wish granted—a real, live girlfriend. Despite Sydney’s obvious attraction to him, it takes a little work to convince Jake the attraction is real. Luckily, Sydney is very convincing.
In the beginning, Jake and Dean try keeping Lily and Sydney out of harm’s way, but high school girls are pros at teasing out even the most well-kept secrets. Eventually, the foursome becomes entangled in clues—and preoccupied with making sure dire threats from their prime suspect don’t pan out!
Death at Carp High has as many peaks and troughs as a winter swell at Rincon, and it’s all Jake and Dean can do to avoid wiping out.
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REVIEW
4 FUN MYSTERIOUS STARS! The author had a great story and plot for this book. The characters were enjoyable, funny, and realistic. I found myself wanting to know more about the characters, I'm hoping there will be some more about them in the coming installments. Some of the writing was a little choppy which is why I couldn't give this book 5 stars. There was some unnecessary explanations and some of the dialogue felt off. The girlfriends plot line could have used a little bit more development and intertwining, they sort of seemed like an after thought. All in all I really enjoyed this book and thought it was a wonderful debut novel and can't wait to read more from this author.
~ Leslie ~
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Jeremy Gold is seventeen years old…in his mind. He lives in Carpinteria, California, a small beachside town, ten miles south of its more celebrated sister, Santa Barbara. He loves hiking, mountain bike riding, and of course, writing. Death at Carp High is the first in the six-part Jake Brown mystery series.
Jeremy and his wife, Calla, have been married since 1979. Any resemblance between their 21-year-old son, Dan, and Jake Brown is purely…understandable.
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