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Watch Over Me

Watch Over Me by Nina Lacour is a mysterious young adult read, with ghost and magical realistic twists of grief and trauma, teaching how to love others and be loved back.   This novel was about Mila, an eighteen year old girl that has aged out of the foster care system. She is offered an internship teaching children on an isolated self-sustaining farm on the coast of Northern California. All the children and interns have experienced trauma in their life in some way. The farm that they all live at is haunted by ghosts that come out at night. Everyone seems to accept the ghosts presence and almost welcome them.  The significance of the ghosts is revealed at the end. This story goes through flashbacks of Mila’s past and deals with her wanting to overcome the grief of her past and the want to be loved.  Readers will enjoy the raw emotional side of the story and it will leave them wanting more at the last page.  Recommend for any avid reader that is looking for mysticism that could be read over the weekend.