Young Adult Revisited

Oh man, this book is so freaking long compared to the others on this blog. I have no idea if this will be a super long review or a short one, but let’s see what happens. The Sitter opens with this chick Ellie walking with two little kids. The little boy completely freaks out and starts digging a hole. Ellie sees bones inside and the little girl starts screaming about “mommy’s bones”. Suddenly, it’s a few weeks earlier and Ellie is at a bar with her friend Teresa. She meets this hot guy named Bernie who’s a surgeon and develops a crush on him. Before anything can happen, her ex-boyfriend Clay shows up. Ellie complains that he’s been stalking her, but she leaves the club with him and even has sex with him. She tells Teresa that he’s a stalker, but won’t admit that she slept with him. Teresa suggests that Ellie find a job in the Hamptons where she’ll be hanging out on the weekends. Ellie calls about one job and stops by to fill out an application, but the job is filled. A random wo...

Zach is pretty much a nerd in his school. Since he fools easily, everyone picks on him, especially around Halloween, which is on Friday. On the way to school, he runs into his friend Chris. Chris tells a long story about a ghostly dog before pointing out the dog to Zach. Just as he flips out, Chris laughingly reveals that it’s just his cousin’s dog. A few minutes later, they meet their new substitute teacher Mrs. Gaunt. She wears all white, is super skinny, and seems kind of creepy. She keeps calling him by his given name Zachariah and making a big deal about what a good student he is compared to his classmates. She even makes him stand at the chalkboard and divide decimals. He claims he can’t do it, but then his hand starts moving without him controlling it. Mrs. Gaunt winks at him and all of his classmates think he’s weird when he explains what happened. Naturally, Mrs. Gaunt is even weirder than they thought. Zach finds one of her white gloves inside his desk. When she asks for i...