Andersen Press Andersen Press

Author

Ryan Douglass
Ryan Douglass

Ryan Douglass was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, where he currently resides, cooking pasta and playing records. He enjoys wooden-wick candles, falling asleep on airplanes, and advocating for stronger media representation for queer Black people.

The Taking of Jake Livingston

(Paperback) - 03/03/2022

9781839132506

The Taking of Jake Livingston RRP £7.99

Synopsis

A New York Times bestseller

Get Out meets Holly Jackson in this YA social thriller where survival is not guaranteed.


Sixteen-year-old Jake Livingston sees dead people everywhere. But he can’t decide what’s worse: being a medium forced to watch the dead play out their last moments on a loop or being at the mercy of racist teachers as one of the few Black students at St Clair Prep. Both are a living nightmare he wishes he could wake up from. But things at St Clair start looking up with the arrival of another Black student – the handsome Allister – and for the first time, romance is on the horizon for Jake.

Unfortunately, life as a medium is getting worse. Though most ghosts are harmless, Sawyer Doon wants much more from Jake. In life, Sawyer was a troubled teen who shot and killed six kids at a local high school before taking his own life. Now he’s a powerful, vengeful ghost and he has plans for Jake. High school has become a different kind of survival game – one Jake is not sure he can win.



  • Paperback
  • Published: 03/03/2022
  • ISBN: 9781839132506
  • Age Range: 12+ years