Ruined

              Ruined,by Paula Morris is about a teenage girl Rebecca and she has to go live with her Aunt Claudia in New Orleans. She is currently living in New York with just her dad, no mom. When Rebecca arrives in New Orleans she does not listen to her aunt and goes to the grave yard. She ignores her Aunt because Rebecca wants to be at home with her dad in New York. While she is there she meets a some what human friend. Not only does she meet this new "friend," but she also finds a crush. With her new friend she learns a lot, and almost to much of the towns past. She also find out she is 15 not 14. After she is told about the towns curse, and that she is 15 everything in her world gets turned up side down. Rebecca is on the verge of life your death. Read the book to find out if she lives or dies, and who her arch enemy/cousin is.