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Year: 2015

winner (Young Adult) y separately published work icon This Is Your Afterlife Vanessa Barneveld , London : Bloomsbury , 2014 8323294 2014 single work novel romance fantasy young adult

'When the one boy you crushed on in life can't seem to stay away in death, it's hard to be a normal teen when you're a teen paranormal.

'Sixteen-year-old Keira Nolan has finally got what she wanted–the captain of the football team in her bedroom. Problem is he's not in the flesh. He's a ghost and she's the only one who can see him.

'Keira's determined to do anything to find Jimmy's killer. Even it if means teaming up with his prickly-yet-dangerously-attractive brother, Dan, also Keira's ex-best-friend. Keira finds that her childish crush is fading, but her feelings for Dan are just starting to heat up, and as the story of Jimmy's murder unfolds, anyone could be a suspect.

'This thrilling debut from Vanessa Barneveld crosses over from our world to the next, and brings a whole delightful new meaning to "teen spirit".'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

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