Feb 12, 20 croak by gina damico was an excellent book with a fresh take on the grim reaper character. Gina damico made a comment on audiobook winners i dont believe there are any plans at the moment to release hard copies, but i will be sure to blab all about it ifwhen it happens. Damico offers us a fresh urban fantasy filled with mystery, suspense and a secret society of reapers. Fed up with her punkish, wild behavior, her parents ship her off to upstate new york to live with her uncle mort for the summer, hoping that a few months of dirty farm work will whip her back into shape. She used to be a straight a student and turned into a bully in two. She used to be a straight a student and turned into a bully in two years.
March 20th 2012 by houghton mifflin harcourt rating. Uncle mort rounds up the junior grims to flee croak once again, but this time theyre joined by grotton, the most powerful grim of all time. Uninterested together with her wild habit, sixteenyearold lexs mom and dad send her off to upstate new york to dwell along with her uncle mort for the summer season, hoping few months of soiled farm paintings will whip her again into form. It reminds me of a tv show i used to watch all the time called dead like me. Through attentive and efficient service that delivers results, gina damico has built lasting relationships with home buyers realtors, attorneys, insurance agents, financial advisers and other professionals. This novel was listened to via audiobook murders, grim reapers, scythes. Jan 06, 2017 i just finished reading the croak series by gina damico and it was a fantastic paranormal series with some romance and lots of action.
Gina damico tends to have some pretty entertaining and interesting stories. Croak follows the story of a girl called lex, who has,er, anger management issues. She received a degree in theater and sociology from boston college, where she was active with the committee for creative enactments, the countrys only collegiate murder mystery improv comedy troupe. Fed up with her wild behavior, sixteenyearold lexs parents ship her off. She used to be an aearning, hall monitoring, respectful girl like her twin sister, cordy. I received a degree in theater and sociology from boston college, where i was active with the committee for creative enactments, a murder mystery improv comedy troupe that may or may not have sparked my interest in wildly improbably bloodshed. Unbeknownst to her parents, however, her uncle is actually a grim reaper and the town of croak is. The only thing that eventually did start to rankle in croakand maybe im just being insensitive ack. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 311 pages and is available in ebook format.
Gina damico books list of books by author gina damico. This was the perfect book to listen to on my way back from a 9 hour road trip. Im sorry you didnt enjoy this one as much as youd hoped, but at least its good for a few laughs. After the upteenth time of being sent to the principles office lexington is told by her parents that she is being sent away for the summer to her uncle morts farm. I am the author of the grimreapersgonewild books of the croak trilogy croak, scorch, and rogue, hellhole, wax, and waste of space, all published by houghton mifflin harcourt. She has also dabbled as a tour guide, transcriptionist. Lexington bartleby is a delinquent 17 year old girl. She quickly assimilates into the peculiar world of croak, a town populated by reapers who. A grims checklist by mort bartleby, mayor of croak think youve got what it takes to be a grim. Gina damico is the author of hellhole, wax, and the grimreapersgonewild books of the croak trilogy. She received a degree in theater and sociology from boston college, where she was active with the committee for creative enactments, a murder mystery improv comedy troupe, which may or may not have sparked an interest in wildly improbable bloodshed.
Apr 26, 20 in gina damico s croak, death, the afterlife, and teenage angst melt together to create a lackluster story about a 16yearold grim reaper. Our book trailer for croak by gina damico created at. Along with her infuriating yet intriguing partner driggs and a rockstar crew of fellow grim apprentices, lex is soon zapping her targets like a natural born killer. Croak is the first novel in a new series by debut author gina damico. Pdf croak book by gina damico free download 311 pages. Croak croak, book 1 by gina damico book cover, description, publication history. Croak croak quality paperback march 20, 2012 by gina damico author. Fed up with her wild behavior, sixteenyearold lexs parents ship her off to upstate new york to live with her uncle mo. A teen hellion realizes her calling as a grim reaper in this derivative but enjoyable novel set in an unusual town in upstate new york. Read croak by gina damico available from rakuten kobo. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Oct 23, 2012 i thought gina damico built a largely solid mythology for this world, and i know that theres more to learn.
Id never heard of this novel by her until now, but i am personally super immature human being so i dont think the potty humor would bother me. Croak ebook by gina damico 9780547822563 rakuten kobo. Gina damico is the author of the young adult novels croak, scorch, and rogue. Written by gina damico, audiobook narrated by jessica almasy. So thanks you two for introducing me to the fabulous gina damico. A young adult literature series by gina damico about a juvenile delinquent who gets sent to stay with her uncle in an effort to rehabilitate her. Jan 16, 2015 but then they start finding people dying of unknown causes and the murderer seems to be from croak. She lives outside of boston with her husband, two cats, and a closet full of black hoodies. She has since worked as a tour guide, transcriptionist, theater. Shes a fugitive, on the run from the maniacal new mayor of croak and the townspeople who want to see her pay the price for her misdeeds. Its sarcastic protagonist, charismatic secondary characters, and entertaining plot made the drive feel like 30 minutes. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read croak. Lex bartleby is an aggressive teenager with a hot temper and a sharp tongue.
The list of scars my students have sustained at the hand of your daughter grows longer each week. Jun 03, 20 our book trailer for croak by gina damico created at. Fed up with her wild behavior, sixteenyearold more. Sixteenyearold lex bartleby has suckerpunched her last classmate. Please send a sase thats a selfaddressed stamped envelope to gina.
I love tales involving reapers and knew i had to read this. The main characters of this young adult, fantasy story are edgar allan poe, lex bartleby. This novel is hilarious, perfectly paced, and highly entertaining. Gina damico is the author of croak, scorch and rogue. First they cant crash think teleport because its too dangerous, so they go through all kinds of security to break into grimm headquarters, and a good chunk of the book then they get out and theres no choice but to crash. The croak trilogy by gina damico woven magic books. I just finished reading the croak series by gina damico and it was a fantastic paranormal series with some romance and lots of action. Croak croak, book 1 by gina damico fantastic fiction. Ive been a bit of a reading slump lately and damico s tongueincheek writing was exactly what i needed. First off, a huge thank you to melanie and celine from ya midnight reads, without whom i would have never found this book. Lex bartlebys parents send her to live with her uncle mort for the summer in the hope that hard farm labour will. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. Croak by gina damico 2012, paperback for sale online ebay.
But for some reason, lex just cant get along with anyone anymore. It had great locations, funny dialogue, and was an all around great series. Gina damico, quote from croak there comes a time in every young girls life when she is instructed by a complete stranger to scale a tall ladder for dinner atop a roof, and in almost every case the best thing to do is refuse and run home to call the asylum from which the stranger escaped. This is a fantastic first novel by gina damico and i would have no hesitation in recommending it. I grew up under four feet of snow in syracuse, new york. Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. Mar 20, 2012 overall, croak is imaginative, funny, interesting, unpredictable and surprising. Fed up with her wild behavior, sixteenyearold lexs parents ship her off to upstate new york to live with her uncle mort for the summer, hoping that a few months of dirty farm work will whip her back into shape. I live in california with my husband, two cats, one dog, and an obscene amount of weird things purchased at yard sales. The first edition of the novel was published in march 20th 2012, and was written by gina damico. Lex quickly assimilates into the peculiar world of croak, a town populated entirely by reapers who deliver souls from this life to the next.