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Original Title:	Croak
ISBN:	0547822561 (ISBN13: 9780547822563)
Edition Language:	English URL http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/hmh/site/hmhbooks/bookdetails?isbn=9780547822563&srch=true
Series:	Croak #1
Characters:	Edgar Allan Poe, Lex Bartleby, Uncle Mort, Zara, Driggs, Elysia, Ferbus
Literary Awards:	South Carolina Book Award Nominee for Young Adult (2015), Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2014), Missouri Gateway Readers Award Nominee (2015)

Croak (Croak #1) ebook | Pages: 311 pages

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Fed up with her wild behavior, sixteen-year-old Lex's parents ship her off to upstate New York to live with her Uncle Mort for the summer, hoping that a few months of dirty farm work will whip her back into shape.

But Uncle Mort's true occupation is much dirtier than shoveling manure. He's a Grim Reaper. And he's going to teach Lex the family business.

She quickly assimilates into the peculiar world of Croak, a town populated by reapers who deliver souls from this life to the next. But Lex can't stop her desire for justice — or is it vengeance? — whenever she encounters a murder victim, craving to stop the attackers before they can strike again.

Will she ditch Croak and go rogue with her reaper skills?

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Title	:	Croak (Croak #1)
Author	:	Gina Damico
Book Format	:	ebook
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 311 pages
Published	:	March 20th 2012 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Categories	:	Young Adult. Fantasy. Paranormal. Urban Fantasy. Supernatural. Mystery. Humor

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That was so much fun.So, here's the gist: Lexington Bartleby has been acting out. A lot. So, in hopes of getting her to control her temper, her parents send her off to spend a summer with her Uncle Mort on what they believe is his farm. Turns out Uncle Mort is mayor of a town called Croak, the entire population of which is Grim Reapers. And Lex is about to find out her calling.Lex is surrounded by a colorful cast of characters, from her partner Driggs with whom she often butts heads, to the

More of My Reviews On My Blog: Ageless Pages Reviews Lex is the hard-edged and foul-mouthed teenage main character of Croak, and if you don't like Lex, chances are that this is not the book for you. Lex takes the stage early and that made Croak's beginning one of the weakest I have come across - I nearly set it down when "retard" came out to play as an insult early on. The reader's immediate, first impression within two pages of starting this is that this 17-year-old hellion is violent,

3.5 stars Fun! It took about 20% for me to really get into the book (the narrative voice and humor seemed a little unusual to me at first), but once the story got going it was pretty cute and a very entertaining read. Good for those occasions when you want something a little more lighthearted...but with reapers.

This book was hard for me to rate. Lex has been acting out. Her Uncle Mort agrees to take her in for the summer on his "farm". Ends up he is a Grim. He helps people die. Lex is perfect for the job. I did not like the main character. I know she was supposed to be snarky and all. But she just served the purpose of pissing me off. I did like her somewhat better by the end of the book. It could be the fact that she is a teenage girl. Yep. Don't like those.The land of Croak. Yeah ok. There just

1.5 starsThere's a really good concept underneath it all, but the execution was horrible.When I read the blurb, I got all excited because I love Grim Reaper stuff. And the idea that a bunch of kids work for some sort of Reaper Agency sounded phenomenal!But.Once I started reading?No. Not unreadably awful, but awful nonetheless.First, you have the main character who has...what? Some sort of obnoxious personality disorder?I like MCs with a lot of piss and vinegar running through their veins, but

4.5 StarsThe one thing that is almost always the same in the YA genre is that the Heroine is always a good girl or nice person. Rarely does she get to be something outside of the mainstream, so I was so happy when the MC is a misunderstood juvenile delinquent with anger issues. The list of scars my students have sustained at the hand of your daughter grows longer each week. Poor Logan Hochspring's arm will forever carry an imprint of her dental records!""You bit him?" Lex's father said."He

October 2015 rereadHonestly, I can't come up with any reason why this only got four stars instead of five the first time around. Rereading this was like coming home. Almost the same way rereading Harry Potter feels like coming home. I read books two and three this past January, and only read Croak for the first time in December, so it hasn't even been a whole year apart yet but I missed this town. And these characters <3 I love books that make me feel like this.17Dec14 Initial Reaction:YOU