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Overdue by Richie Tankersley Cusick7/1/2023 Someone leaves some books in the book drop that have to do with death, torture. Later that night Kathleen feels like she is being watched. One day Miss Finch leaves Kathleen in charge while she has to go to a seminar. She dislikes the bossy librarian Miss Finch and she thinks the library is old, cold, and damp. Kathleen (who is 17) works at Freemont Public library and she hates it. A lot of effort was spent on developing Kathleen and her close friends, but the whole mystery hinges on a sad trope that, while common, is never something I can get behind. 'Overdue' by Richie Tankersley Cusick starts off great, but loses its charms by the end. The messages then start to come true and have consequences for Kathleen and other youths of her acquaintance. Kathleen agrees, but starts getting creepy, threatening messages in mutilated books. Miss Finch then enlists her to work full time over the break as she's decided to go to an important library conference last minute. It's Spring Break, but Kathleen has no plans as her father's a workaholic and her mother hasn't forgiven her for staying with her father after the divorce. Kathleen has a work friend in Robin, the mute (and cute) 19-year-old boy who handles maintenance. The librarian, Miss Finch, is demanding and cold. The Freemont Public Library is inside a sprawling, damp mansion donated by a long-dead citizen. Despite having one of the best jobs one could have as a high school student, working at the public library, Kathleen hates her job.
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