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The Black

by D. J. MacHale

Ages: 12+

Published: 2011

Publisher: Aladdin

ISBN: 978-1-4169-6517-6

Keywords: Death, Friendship, After-life

Cooper, a headstrong boy in life, carries that stubbornness into his afterlife and finds himself fighting real evil to protect the living.