Carol Matas, novelist for middle grades, teens and young adults

Carol Matas
Award-winning Canadian Novelist for Children, Teens and Young Adults


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CELEBRATING 40 BOOKS FOR CHILDREN, TEENS & YOUNG ADULTS!
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NEW – FALL 2009 

What if you woke up psychic?
Fifteen-year-old Jade is different from most girls her age. When a near-death experience opens up a new world of psychic ability and possibility, Jade is forced to make sense of her new gift…or is it a curse?

In Tales of a Reluctant Psychic, Carol Matas’s three critically acclaimed “Freak” novels—The Freak, Visions, and Far—are gathered together, revealing Jade’s adventures from the very beginning. As she learns to cope with and accept her new-found talent (solving a few mysteries along the way), Jade must also confront the challenges of being a teenage girl—from friendships to boyfriends, to searching for answers about what it all means
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"Recommended for readers...looking for fast-paced, action-oriented stories of a gifted but conflicted teenager coming of age in a world where she must help family and friends as they are threatened with ridicule, anti-Semitism, public bombings and a serial killer... An entertaining mix of amateur sleuthing and psychic activities." M. Wayne Cunningham, Mysteries Magazine, 2008.

"Recommended for its storyline and intriguing philosophical explorations, plus a hip grandma who knows a thing or two about Jewish theology." Susan Berson, Association of Jewish Librarians Newsletter, June 2008.


Carol discusses how she wrote the Freak series.


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Click for other paranormal-supernatural books by Carol Matas SPRING 2009 FOR MIDDLE GRADES
In The Proof That Ghosts Exist — the first installment in the Ghosthunters trilogy — Molly and Adam managed to save their father from a family curse, and near-certain death on the day before his 35th birthday. Or did they? An unfortunate “error” on their dad’s birth certificate means that he’s still at risk, and it’s up to Molly and Adam — and their ghostly grandfather — to keep him safe. But how are they going to manage that when he’s off to Palm Springs, California for a film festival?
In The Ghosthunters 2: The Curse of the Evening Eye, Molly and Adam take the show (and grandpa) on the road as they attempt to outwit a very nasty spirit. Along the way, they’ll need to rely on a few kindly ghosts, as well as a Reggie Crankshaft look-alike who knows more than he should about their family history. Picking up where The Proof That Ghosts Exist leaves off, The Curse of the Evening Eye is another gangbusters spook story complete with the authors’ trademark chills, thrills, mysteries, and laughs.

"Like the first book, The Proof That Ghosts Exist, this one features plenty of spirits, both friendly and wicked, and lots of cliffhanging situations as Molly and Adam try to outwit the ghost of a wronged parlour maid before she can murder their father. Set mainly in Palm Springs, this is a fast read for Matas and Nodelman fans." Helen Norrie, Winnipeg Free Press, Dec. 12, 2009.

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McNally Robinson
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Coming Spring 2010 
The Hunt For The Haunted Elephant,
Book 3 in The Ghosthunters trilogy

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