The Taking of Jake Livingston Juvenile Fiction African American & Black Family - Multigenerational Girls & Women • 2019 Louisiana Young Reader's

• 2019 Louisiana Young Reader's Choice Award

As the true details of that fateful afternoon unfold over the course of the novel

But when Tyler is found dead

“One of the best novels they have ever read

The Taking of Jake Livingston Juvenile Fiction African American & Black Family - Multigenerational Girls & Women • 2019 Louisiana Young Reader'sAn Instant New York Times Bestseller! Get Out meets Holly Jackson in this YA social thriller where survival is not a guarantee. Sixteen year old Jake Livingston sees dead people everywhere. But he can't decide what's worse: being a medium forced to watch the dead play out their last moments on a loop or being at the mercy of racist teachers as one of the few Black students at St. Clair Prep. Both are a living nightmare he wishes he could wake up from.