Unearthly Things

Unearthly Things by Michelle Gagnon, 278 pages

“After losing her parents in a tragic accident, surfer girl Janie Mason is forced to trade the sunny beaches of Hawaii for the cold fog of San Francisco. She's never even met her new guardians, the Rochesters - an old money family who relish being pillars of high society. Janie feels hopelessly out of place in their world of Napa weekends, fancy prep schools, and cotillions. But something isn't right in the Rochester mansion. There are noises - screams - coming from the attic nearly every night. Noises everyone else claims they can't hear.” This was a creepy but awesome story.  Although it is a loose retelling of Jane Eyre, I liked it much better than the original.  I ended up bored with Jane as an adult in the original story, but this moves much more quickly and held my attention much more.  I would give this to any teen who likes horror or magical realism.