The Awakening of Sunshine Girl

by Paige McKenzie

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Pub Date Mar 01 2016 | Archive Date Feb 29 2016

Weinstein Books

Description

Having passed her test in Book One, Sunshine’s Luiseach powers are now fully awakened: for months now, Sunshine has felt spirits everywhere: heard voices, felt emotions – intense and sometimes overwhelming. She tries to ignore them, but it is impossible. Hoping to get her powers under control – and hoping for answers to her never-ending questions – she agrees to undergo training with her Luiseach mentor, even though she still hopes to give up her powers someday.

She and her mentor clash left and right; he doesn’t understand or approve of her attachment to the humans in her life; and she can’t understand how he could give her up so many years ago, only to endanger her mother’s life as part of a test.

Sunshine’s training is every bit as terrifying and creepy as her test was, and along the way she meets and befriends another young Luiseach, forcing her to confront her feelings for Nolan. Though her mentor is reluctant to answer her many questions, she finally learns more about her lineage, as well as the rift that threatens the future of Luiseach and the human race... and the crucial part she has to play in repairing it.

Having passed her test in Book One, Sunshine’s Luiseach powers are now fully awakened: for months now, Sunshine has felt spirits everywhere: heard voices, felt emotions – intense and sometimes...

Advance Praise

“If teens gobbled up the fast-paced, thrilling events surrounding Sunshine Griffith and her mother, Kat, in The Haunting of Sunshine Girl (Weinstein, 2015), they’re sure to enjoy the new twists and turns of this latest series installment…McKenzie continues to write in an authentic teen voice that sucks readers in until the end. Fans ready to graduate from R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps (Scholastic)…will find just what they need in this paranormal series.”

—School Library Journal

Praise for The Haunting of Sunshine Girl

“For Harry Potter and Twilight Fans, get ready for The Haunting of Sunshine Girl.”

—Yahoo

“Sunshine’s adventure is filled with bumps in the night and shadowy figures, alluding to a larger mystery and larger world that has plenty to offer imaginative readers who grew up on Goosebumps and the like. Suspenseful, exciting and endlessly entertaining.”

—Kirkus Reviews

“The Haunting of Sunshine Girl starts with mysterious ghostly laughter late one night. The laughter quickly turns to horror. It seems Sunshine Griffith has moved into a house haunted by many evil spirits. Trust me - these spirits will haunt YOU, too. I was on the edge of my seat from the very first page.”

— R.L. Stine, author of Goosebumps

“Enthralling! Shivers of anticipation creep up and terrifying, ancient revelations come thick and fast. Sunshine Girl is a winner for fans of teen horror!”

— Anya Allyn, author of The Dark Carousel series

“When teen prodigy Paige McKenzie sets her mind to do something, she does it big time. Things that go bump in the night are afraid to read this book. Read it if you dare, but don’t say I didn’t warn you.”

— Wes Craven, Filmmaker

“The plot moves along smoothly and rapidly, and the writing is graceful and wonderfully polished... It’s hard not to finish The Haunting of Sunshine Girl.”

— Time Magazine

Available Editions

EDITION	Hardcover
ISBN	9781602862746
PRICE	$16.00 (USD)

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Joel S, Reviewer

A Fine, Entertaining, and Worthy Sequel

I found the first Sunshine Girl book at an ALA convention and was thrilled with it as an appealing and accessible YA paranormal adventure featuring a strong and resourceful heroine. But, this is now the middle book in the Sunshine Girl trilogy, and you know how that usually works - often number two is just a bland placeholder in a series. Well, not here. Sunshine continues to grow and develop; the plot is twisty and satisfying. New characters are featured and new complications are introduced. Questions are answered and new questions arise as the book steams ahead toward Book Three, ("The Sacrifice..."), and the series wrap. A very solid effort on its own.

I admire the Sunshine character and the way she's been developed. She has a reasonably authentic teen voice, but without any of the angsty or overly-dramatic preoccupations that often accompany fictional YA heroines. I guess "Breath of Fresh Air Girl" was too cumbersome for a name. I also appreciate Sunshine's connection to her adoptive Mom, her maturity and independence, her dry sense of humor, and especially the general air of honesty and insight that Sunshine brings to all of her relationships.

Sure, this is paranormal adventure, but its portrayal of a smart, strong, engaging and resourceful heroine with a realistic package of strengths and weaknesses, (in addition to that whole Luiseach thing), is positive, entertaining, and practically inspirational. This is a fine series.

(Please note that I received a free ecopy of this book without a review requirement, or any influence regarding review content should I choose to post a review. Apart from that I have no connection at all to either the author or the publisher of this book.)