Get in Trouble

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Author: Kelly Link

Publisher: New York: Random House 2015

Citation: Link, K. (2015). Get in Trouble. Random House.

Annotation:

Get in Trouble is a collection of stories by Kelly Link with each story encompassing a new and different aspect that separates themselves from the other stories that are included. Stories that are included in the book are:

The Summer People - This story is about Fran who with her father, if he is still there, tend to the 'summer people', who are mysterious neighbors of theirs. When Fran suddenly becomes ill she decides to get her classmate Ophelia, to come over and take Fran to the 'summer people' who might be able to cure Fran.

I Can See Right Through You - This horror filled romance story starts off with an estranged couple who are still friends with each other join together again for a ghost hunting reality TV show with the ghosts being a nudist colony that has mysteriously disappeared

Secret Identity - This story follows young 15 year old Billie Faggart going to a hotel to meet Paul Zilne, someone who she had met online but was concealing her real identity. Whilst waiting for him she meets with the attendees of a strange convention where superheroes and dentists have gathered.

Valley of the Girls - This story takes place in a far off future where wealthy families have started hiring actors to take the place of their adolescent children.

And more short stories within the book to purview at your own pleasure

For more information:

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