The Presence, Eve Bunting
The Presence, Eve Bunting
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The Presence
A Ghost Story

Author: Eve Bunting

Narrator: Alyssa Bresnahan

Unabridged: 5 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/08/2013

Categories: Children's Fiction


Synopsis

Catherine hopes visiting her beloved grandmother will help ease the pain she feels over the death of her best friend. Instead, an encounter with a young, handsome stranger presents her with a dangerous dilemma. Award-winning author Eve Bunting has also written The Hideout and Jumping the Nail.

About Eve Bunting

Eve Bunting has written more than two hundred books for young readers, including The Baby Shower, The Wedding, and Smoky Night, the winner of the 1995 Caldecott Medal. Her books are often about important social issues. Born in Ireland, she now lives in California.


Reviews

Catherine's best friend is killed in a car accident for which she feels responsible. When her parents are called away to Europe she goes to stay with her Grandmother never suspecting she will become the target of a ghost who is looking for permanent companionship. This book is perfectly suited to th......more

Goodreads review by Sarah

The Presence tells the story of Catherine, a teenage girl who is struggling with the tragic death of her best friend. She goes to visit her Grandmother for the holidays, where a ghost in the local church takes an unusual and rather sinister interest in her. Publisher’s Weekly said that the “crisp wri......more

Goodreads review by Jacob

I read this book because my teacher Ms.Gonzalez made us do a spring break challenge to read a book with green in it or the author is Irish. I read this book also because I love to read interesting stories about ghosts and spirits. Horror is also a reason why I read this book. I would recommend this......more

When i first started reading this book, i found it really exciting. But the ending disappointed me. I thought it would be more excited than it is written. The Presence is a ghost story book that is not scary at all. Inside the church, St. Matthew, there lives a ghost. He is raged, but most of all, h......more

Goodreads review by Alyssa

Alyssa Morres Horror Catherine is visiting her grandma while her parents are on vacation, but recently she was visiting her friend when they got in a car crash and her friend died. She's mourning this when she meet Noah who try to turn get her to become one of his lovers over the centuries. Each perso......more