Evie is a normal teen who just wants a normal life. She’d give anything if she could just learn to drive, go to school, have a locker, and maybe even get asked to prom. But her life is far from normal. She lives in and works for the the International Paranormal Containment Agency (IPCA), her best friend is a mermaid, and she’s got the special ability to see through paranormals’ glamours. So maybe she isn’t quite as normal as she thinks she is.
Now someone is mysteriously killing the paranormals, and Evie begins to wonder if there is a link between her special abilities and the deaths. When her new boyfriend, a shape-shifter, is threatened, she does the one thing she can to try to save both him and her– escape the IPCA and try to be the normal girl she always wanted to be– without being caught and killed. Will her life every be normal again?
I loved this book. White writes with a humor and sarcasm that makes the paranormal something delightful. Just enough paranormal activity to interest your vampire fans, with a little romance sprinkled in for good measure. This book will resonate with teens who wonder what it means to be “normal.”
The first in a trilogy, book two (entitled Supernaturally),is scheduled to be released in August 2011.
Review by Rosanne Markham, West Lake Jr. High School Media Center
Rating: 5 Stars
Interest Level: Grades 7-12
Paranormalcy
Written by Kiersten White
HarperCollins Teen
335 p.
Release Date: August 31, 2010
ISBN: 9780061985843
This book sounds like it has a little bit of everything! It is on my to read list for sure! Thanks Rosanne for the review! :)
Readers will connect with Evie through all the twists and turns. It is a great place to send your readers of fantasy, vampire, and paranormal romance. It is a page turner and the best paranormal book I have read all year. Grades 7+