The town hasn't exactly been kind to her or her family. I also get why Zora might appear to be hard and tough. Zora's mother also shared a paranormal ability with Zora-she could see the dead and fought against the Fire starters. She misses her mother something fierce and wants to know what really happened the day she disappeared. Zora is someone who seems to not care what others think of her, though readers find out that this isn't necessarily true. Addamsville is like Eerie with it's quirkiness and ghosts. It kind of reminded me of the 90s paranormal TV show Eerie, Indiana meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer. What worked: This is one quirky paranormal story set in a small Indiana town. Through all of this, it's up to Zora to find out who set the fires, clear her name, before she joins the ghosts in town. To makes worse a ghost-hunter TV show comes to Addamsville to investigate the ghost rumors.

Zora can see the dead, but can't hear them. Add to all of this, ghosts roam her small Indiana town. Her father is in jail for conning people out of their money and her mother disappeared mysteriously. It doesn't help that her family are known as the town's outcasts and she's been accused of setting a few fires. Zora Novak has been accused of a crime she didn't commit. Now Entering Addamvsille is perfect for fans of Brittany Cavallaro, Victoria Schwab, and The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Acclaimed author Francesca Zappia has a perfectly pitched teen voice that shines in this inventive novel. Zora will have to read between the lines of Addamsville’s ghost stories before she becomes one herself.

But with a popular ghost-hunting television show riling up the townspeople, almost no support from her family and friends, and rumors spinning out of control, things aren’t looking good. Now, Zora must team up with her cousin Artemis-an annoying self-proclaimed Addamsville historian-to clear her name. Addamsville has a history of tragedy, and thirty years ago a similar string of fires left several townspeople dead. There’s one big problem-Zora has no leads. With everyone looking for evidence against her, her only choice is to uncover the identity of the real killer. Never mind that Zora has been on the straight and narrow since her father was thrown in jail. “A darkly humorous, rapid-fire read in which the living are sometimes scarier than the dead.”-Kirkus When someone burns down the home of the school janitor and he dies in the blaze, everyone in Addamsville, Indiana, points a finger at Zora. Stranger Things meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer in this eerie murder mystery.

But in a small town obsessed with ghosts, getting people to believe the truth might prove to be impossible. When Zora Novak is framed for a crime she didn’t commit, she must track down the true culprit and clear her name before it’s too late.

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