Crossing Over

Title ~ Crossing Over
Series ~ Suddenly Supernatural #4
Author ~ Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
Release Date ~ May 1, 2010
Age Group ~ Middle Grade
Publisher ~ Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Source ~ Little, Brown

Goodreads Summary

Medium-in-training Kat Roberts is one year older and feeling a whole lot wiser when it comes to healing the living dead. But when her spirit-seeing mother volunteers to chaperone her class trip to Old Montreal, Kat's problems become drop dead-serious.

From dealing with French-Canadian ghosts to trying to win the heart of her former bio lab partner and top-secret crush, Kat is finding beaucoup drama on this border and boundary-crossing adventure.

Review

Kat found out that she is a medium when she turned thirteen. Now that she’s fourteen, she is getting better at using her powers. But that doesn’t mean she has all the answers or always feels comfortable as a medium.

In Crossing Over, Kat takes a school trip to Canada by bus. Guess who comes along? Her mother, who is also a medium, her best friend Jac, and her secret crush, Ben. We learn some interesting things about Ben and how he has more in common with Kat than she ever imagined. It’s fate that these two would be on this particular trip together. I liked the setup to the story and that Kat has a crush for the first time.

Spirits and more spirits! While the earlier books in the series each focused on one spirit, this time Kat meets up with a whole group of spirits. It was like a Spirit Fest on this trip – including on the bus. One of the spirits actually got on the bus right at the start of the trip because she wanted to get to Canada. That cracks me up. You would think a spirit wouldn’t have to take a bus to get around, wouldn’t you? That’s what I like about this series, it is surprising and fun. Oh, and the spirits kept meddling in Kat’s love life too. Silly spirits!

This series is perfect for middle grade readers who like to read about ghosts, but not in a scary way.

Rating

4 Liked

Cover Comments

I loved that the cover included all the main characters – even the three main spirits. I like sparkles and these spirits have plenty to go around. The orange and yellow title really pops too.