Sensitive

Sensitive's entrancing cover offers readers a hint of the mysyterious and magical journey they will embark upon with Easter and the Sensitives at Fairless Grove Academy. After reading this book, I cannot visit St. Augustine without rounding a corner expecting to see Easter, Cal, and Andrew or maybe stumbling upon the French restaurant, Astral. Wright's characters shimmer on the pages in brilliantly written scenes like those between the "two cooks" and "Easter encountering Placida." With the signature witty and fine-edged dialogue Wright is known for, she creates a subculture readers will find enchanting. Putting the book down is not an option once readers enter Easter's world. Both teens and adults will find Sensitive a fascinating read where the extraordinary subject of people teleporting and astral projecting shares the stage with everyday concerns of fitting-in, personal growth, and self-acceptance. I for one, hope that Wright continues to pen books on Easter's journey to explore and master her "gifts." No doubt the book would easily make the transition to a screenplay for Hollywood, and would have quite a following.

Easter, Cal and Andrew are typical teens with a twist. In addition to normal teenage angst, they all have paranormal powers which they are not sure how to use. In a way they are feeling their way into the world as typical teenagers do, but they have an added dilemna in finding how to use the confusing gifts they have which, up until this point, they all thought made them crazy, and anything but typical. Now they have found that they are not alone in their differences. They are on a journey to maturity together with strange advisers to help them learn to use the abilities that "normal" teens do NOT have to deal with. Ms Wright has woven a compelling story that will appeal not only to teenagers, but to anyone who has ever BEEN a teenager. This sequel to "Homefree" once again takes us into a world that we know, but don't know. We all know the feelings of adolescence that make us know we are different, and insecure, but we don't know how it feels to be able to astralproject, read minds, move objects with our minds, and generally create mayhem on accident. In both novels we are brought into this world, and made to understand how the teens years would feel if you really WERE a "freak", not just thinking you were. A great read for anyone from 12 to 92!

This is way more than a ghost story, but that's where it begins. Nina Wright connects the suspenseful and frightening with the humorous. Elements that seem completely unrelated convincingly and compellingly answer our questions in the end. I would love to see more books in this series, but if this is the last Homefree story, it does leave me satisfied.

I just finished reading what I consider to be Nina Wright's finest novel to date. SENSITIVE is a compelling tale peopled with fascinating, believable, colorful characters who can amuse as well as move us. Following closely on the heels of HOMEFREE, I think it marks Wright as an author to watch. She has skillfully woven a coming-of-age tale with paranormal elements. SENSITIVE reads like the mesmerizing second half of HOMEFREE, so seamlessly does it continue Easter Hutton's narrative. I found myself swept into her world of astral projection and hauntings, where spirits can be as annoying as they are alarming. A heartbreaking and yet reassuring tale of one outsider's extraordinary summer job....

If you can ever judge a book by its cover, you definitely can with SENSITIVE. Check out the haunting image of a sad girl peering, speechless, through a misty window. Spirits, vibrations, dark places, deep water--they're all elements of this eerie sequel to Nina Wright's HOMEFREE. I'm willing to bet that no one will be able to put it down. Get reacquainted with some of the characters you met in the first book, and then settle in for a reading experience that will raise the hair on the back of your neck! Easter and friends are haunted by the spirit of a girl who died 200 years ago. As if that's not bad enough, Andrew seems to be losing his mind, and Easter's mother is just plain lost. I recommend this book!