Dead Connection by Charlie Price

Dearly Beloved
Born 1944 Died 1969

Car wreck, she told me. When she accepted the date, she didn't know he drank so much. She smelled it on his breath the minute she opened her front door. They hit a tree. He broke his neck. She went through the convertible's windshield and bled to death ...

Blessed Daughter
Born 1966 Died 1977

She tells me not to worry, but she died when she was eleven, brain tumor, so I don't think she's really an expert.

She's smart, though. She tells me what to say to the guys who tease me about my looks or my mother. "Don't get too close, I have AIDS." Cool, huh? They leave me alone now, which is fine with me.

Is Murray psychic? He talks to the dead and comforts them in their lonely graves, even as they provide solace for him - they are his best friends. When he hears a new voice in the cemetery, he's sure it's Nikki, the cheerleader who has been missing for months. But who will believe him? He's a loser. Can he even believe in himself?

Along comes Pearl, daughter of the cemetery caretaker, who befriends Murray and tries to enter his world. Together they may prove the astonishing possibility that Nikki is closer than anyone thinks.

Dead Connection twists and turns with multiple points of view. A gripping and suspenseful story by a compelling new voice in teen literature.