On the 120th Anniversary of the General Slocum disaster, read the book the Washington Post called “a subtle gem.”
BEFORE THERE WAS 9/11 . . . THERE WAS 6/15
The Washington Post
Top Ten Children’s Book of the Year
Elizabeth Ward of the Post wrote, “(J.G. Sandom) writes with a precision and delicacy unusual for YA fiction,” and called the book, “A subtle gem.”Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee
Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)
School Library Journal
Starred review: “Kiss Me, I’m Dead tells a remarkable story in a remarkable way.”
Kirkus Reviews
“A remarkable account.”
Horn Book Magazine
“A decidedly unconventional ghost story . . . (and) a tightly wound novel.”
On June 15, 1904, over one thousand German immigrants on a Lutheran Church outing died when the General Slocum steamship caught fire and sank in the East River. It was the greatest disaster and loss of life in New York City history . . . until 9/11. But was it a tragic accident or willful murder?
When her Jewish boyfriend is accused of the crime by the German community, 15-year-old Mallory Meer risks everything to solve the mystery behind the senseless tragedy. Was Dustin guilty? Or was someone else responsible for the fire that killed over a thousand men, women and children—including Mallory’s own baby sister?
Only Mallory can understand what this tragedy truly means. Because she’s not only one of the victims . . . she’s one of the dead.
An extraordinary story of revenge, misogyny, anti-Semitism, the quest for justice, and of a love so powerful that not even death could extinguish it.
Sometimes you don’t really start to live your life . . . until you lose it.
Mallory Meer is like any other teenage girl. She likes to have fun. She thinks her sister is ridiculous. Her parents drive her crazy. She’s got a terrible crush on Dustin and follows him everywhere.
Mallory even has a summer job—figuring out the truth about the fire on the General Slocum steamship, the disaster that killed her sister. Mallory is determined to get to the bottom of it, to find out who’s guilty, and to finally bring them to justice.
Sometimes Mallory gets angry, very angry, and strange things happen when Mallory gets angry.
Yes, Mallory is like any other teenage girl . . . except Mallory is dead.
Kiss Me, I’m Dead is available from Cornucopia Press in hardcover, softcover, and eBook (Kindle) formats. And timed to coincide with the 120th anniversary of the Slocum disaster, the book has been translated into German (under the original title, The Unresolved).
