Chasing Brooklyn
by Lisa Schroeder
Release Date: January 5, 2010
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Age Group: Young Adult
Pages: 412
Source: Publisher
Interest: Author
Challenge: None
Restless souls and empty hearts.
Brooklyn can’t sleep. Her boyfriend, Lucca died a year ago, and now their friend Gabe has died of an overdose. Every time she closes her eyes, Gabe's ghost is there, waiting for her. She has no idea what he wants or why it isn't Lucca chasing her through her dreams.
Nico can’t stop. He’s always running, trying so hard not to feel the pain of missing Lucca. But when he begins receiving messages from his dead brother, telling him to help Brooklyn, emotions come crashing to the surface.
As the nightmares escalate and the messages become relentless, Nico reaches out to Brooklyn. But neither of them can admit that they're being haunted. Until they learn to let each other in, not one soul will be able to rest.
Chasing Brooklyn is told in verse. Sometimes verse works, sometimes it doesn't. Lisa Schroeder knows how to do it!
This is now my favorite novel by Lisa.
Chasing Brooklyn is such a sad yet BEAUTIFUL story! It's about loss, and letting go, but most importantly it's about hope and love.
You'd think you couldn't have strong characterization in a novel told with such few words, but wow. I found such a connection with these characters it was unbelievable. Schroeder is amazingly talented. I can't begin to imagine the heartache you would feel to lose someone you love so deeply and I think Lisa accurately captures that despair.
I also enjoyed the few references to Lisa's first novel I Heart You, You Haunt Me. However it's not something you would need to read first in order to enjoy this novel.
Since the novel is in verse it goes by rather quickly, but it doesn't damper the power behind the story.