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"The inhabitants of Westminster Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland, have not seen a fresh(ly deceased) face since 1913. They have, however, lived under a very strict set of rules, enforced by Mrs. Steele, a bitter woman who delights in doling out strikes to those spirits who don't meet her exacting standards of propriety. Three strikes means a spirit loses the privilege of joining the others for nightly tea and conversation. Such is the fate, for instance, of the graveyard's most famous inhabitant, Edgar Allan Poe, who hasn't been heard from since just after he arose from his grave in something of a fury. When a modern girl named Lucy arrives on the scene, a young Civil War soldier, Sam, fears the same fate for her, especially as she immediately earns two strikes for inappropriate behavior and language as she realizes that she is, in fact, dead. Lucy has other plans for her afterlife, which include shaking up her grave companions. The plot arc here is rendered refreshing and clever by Amato's choice of form: the narrative is conveyed as a play, with extensive stage directions for performing the play for either the dead or the living, and witty authorial intrusions that directly address the reader. Moreover, some unexpected pathos and suspense emerge as Lucy's living sister visits the graveyard with intentions that can be read as efforts to join her sister sooner rather than later. Rest assured, however, that there is triumph and redemption for both the living and the dead, and a cameo appearance by Poe himself provides a splash of humor amid a group of souls that are ultimately more melancholy than macabre."―The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (Journal)"Amato (Guitar Notes, 2012) is no stranger to playing with form and genre, and this time she blends gothic elements with a lighthearted play. Sixteen-year-old Lacy wakes up in Westminster Cemetery, where she quickly learns that she is among the dead who rise each night and return to their graves by sunrise. When Mrs. Steele, the cold and ruthless guardian of the cemetery, threatens Lacy with the cemetery's most egregious penalty, Supression, Lacy orchestrates an open mic night for everyone―including the Cemetery's most famous resident―to air their grievances. The night's revelations culminate in Lacy and her family getting closure from her death. For a protagonist whose life has just ended, Lacy injects energy and life into the cemetery's residents. This doesn't work as an actual stage production since much of the story comes from long and often didactic stage directions and asides, but it's a unique read that fans of Poe, poetry, or stage plays will find something to grab onto."―Booklist (Journal)"A newcomer arrives at Westminster Cemetery and shakes things up amongst the Dead. Of the 178 cemetery residents, only 10 arise regularly. One is 17-year-old Sam, who died wearing his Civil War uniform over 150 years ago. Ever the tortured artist, Sam longs to be a writer like Edgar Allan Poe―the cemetery's most famous resident. When Lacy Brink, 16, arrives―the first 'recently Deceased' person since 1913―Sam is immediately smitten. But Sam's straight-laced mother, Mrs. Steele, wants to see vulgar (read: modern) Lacy Suppressed (read: confined to her grave for all eternity). As newly-assigned President of the Entertainment Committee, Lacy dares to host an open mic night among the rule-bound residents. Will she succeed, or will her antics get her Suppressed (and crush poor Sam's heart)? "Originally written for the Deceased," this play in two acts blends prose with stage directions for a hybrid structure. The resulting alchemy capitalizes on the strengths of both media to create a unique, fully-realized world. The secondary characters―some based on real people―read as caricatures against the more realistic and nuanced Lacy. But this duality also equates to good comedy. Given the stuck-in-time atmosphere, though, some residents' dialogue seems mismatched (give or take a few choice phrases) to the antiquated necropolis. All characters are assumed white. Quoth the Raven, 'Encore.'"―Kirkus Reviews (Journal)"Full of heart, honesty, and Poe-etry, with just a dash of the macabre. You'll love the deceased residents of Westminster Cemetery―and not just the famous one."―Gareth Hinds, author-illustrator of the graphic novel POE: Stories and Poems (Other Print)"'Lacy's scream is loud enough to wake the Dead, and that is precisely what is happening.' Sixteen-year-old Lacy Brink wakes, thoroughly confused, in Westminster Cemetery. Turns out, she's dead. She quickly learns that the afterlives of the cemetery's Dead are governed by strict rules, enforced by the unforgiving Mrs. Steele. Rule-breaking in Westminster has consequences―'[t]hree strikes and you become one of the Suppressed, which means you lose your aboveground privileges.' (The cemetery's most famous resident, Edgar Allan Poe, is among the Suppressed.) Horrified Lacy tries to adapt to her afterlife with the help of earnest 17-year-old Civil War soldier Sam. Lacy is assigned to host an evening of entertainment and proposes an open mic night 'to create a space for self-expression.' The residents of Westminster crave a change from the monotony, but are they bold enough to accept Lacy's radical proposal, open up and risk Mrs. Steele Suppressing them all? "Mary Amato's inventive Open Mic Night at Westminster Cemetery finds humor in the grave. Formatted as a play, with a helpful narrator occasionally chiming in, Open Mic Night dares readers to laugh at the macabre. Even though the main cast is already dead, the threat of Suppression is serious enough to create notable tension, and the revealed secrets of a few characters are memorable and affecting. Additionally, Lacy's liberal use of profanity (she's particularly fond of yelling 'F*ck!' in the quiet graveyard) allows the reader to feel as jarred by her presence as the Dead do. Open Mic Night reinvents the afterlife in a way that's both mysterious and playful. "Discover: A teenage girl, surprised to learn she's dead when she wakes up in the same cemetery as Edgar Allan Poe, decides to host an open mic night for the Dead residents."―Shelf Awareness (Website)
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About the Author
Mary Amato is an award-winning children's and YA book author, songwriter, and poet who lives in Maryland. Her books have been translated into foreign languages, optioned for television, and produced onstage.
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Product details
Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: Carolrhoda Lab ® (September 1, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1512465313
ISBN-13: 978-1512465310
Product Dimensions:
5.8 x 1.2 x 8.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 13.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.4 out of 5 stars
3 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#399,717 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
Open Mic Night at Westminster Cemetery by Mary Amato is a YA paranormal fantasy story told in the format of a two-act stage play. If you like a good ghost story, you're going to have to try this tale because there is so much to like about it. It's a darkly humorous and quirky, features a fantastic variety of characters (including Edgar Allan Poe himself), and it asks intriguing questions about life and death. It did leave me wanting a little more, especially about the wider ghostly world though as this is set entirely in one cemetery. The story is very visual and could be fun to actually see as a stage play (or a movie), but I think I would have preferred this to be in regular novel format. I didn't know it wasn't a regular novel before I started reading actually. Personally, I think I was expecting a little bit more Beetlejuice, but overall it would certainly fit in with Tim Burton's oeuvre.
I have an interest in old cemeteries - I love to take photographs of the old headstones, crypts, and monuments. And I used to drive almost past the Westminster Cemetery, the final resting place of Edgar Allan Poe, on my daily commute to and from work near downtown Baltimore, Maryland. So, naturally, I was drawn to Mary Amato’s novel, Open Mic Night at Westminster Cemetery.The book tells the story of Lacy Brink, a 16-year-old “modernâ€. Lacy died unexpectedly and wakes up to find that she has been buried in Westminster Cemetery. Lacy is the first person to have been buried in the cemetery since 1913.While alive, Lacy would often go to the cemetery to be alone and work on her poetry.Lacy finds that the cemetery is ruled with an iron fist by old Mrs. Steele. Mrs. Steele does not like Lacy and her modern look, her modern language, and her modern ways, and her son’s apparent infatuation with Lacy. Three violations of the arcane rules of the cemetery will result in Lacy’s “suppression†- having to remain underground at all times for eternity.Amato is best known as an YA author. The themes in Open Mic Night should be familiar to YA readers. The conflict that drives the plot is the perennial struggle of youth to overcome the unreasonable rules and restrictions of the old fogeys. The is also the struggles of Lacy and her sister Olivia, who feels responsible for Lacy’s death, to come to grips and cope with Lacy’s tragic, early death. There is Sam, Mrs. Steele’s son, a want-to-be poet who died in the Civil War at the age of 17, trying to overcome his paralyzing lack of self confidence and shyness that stems from his mother’s overbearing control. And, towards the end, there is even the admission on the part of Mrs. Steele that she has long struggled with how to balance the need to maintain decorum in the cemetery without being too mean and overbearing.Open Mic Night is a fun, quick read. It is written as a play and is relatively short for a novel. But it is packed with plenty of conflict and interesting character development. Yet, I, as an old fart, with a not-so-old heart, I hope, can still appreciate the trials and development of the characters. The writing is smooth and the dialog flows well, even if it may not be entirely “period accurate†to the time that some of the characters. Author’s notes and asides deviate from the script format, but provide nice breaks and humor.
When Lacy wakes up dead in Westminster Cemetery, final resting place of Edgar Allan Poe, she's confused. It's the job of Sam, a young soldier who died in 1865, to teach her the rules of the afterlife and to warn her about Suppression--a punishment worse than death.Lacy desperately wants to leave the cemetery and find out how she died, but every soul is obligated to perform a job. Given the task of providing entertainment, Lacy proposes an open mic, which becomes a chance for the cemetery's residents to express themselves. But Lacy is in for another shock when surprising and long-buried truths begin to emerge.All I have to say is who knew the dead were so emotional! The afterlife in this book is full of self doubt, cowardice, vindictiveness, sadness, anger, love, you name it they feel it! Lacy is a "modern" buried in an old cemetery full of really old souls. She is the first to join their ranks since 1913. Her appearance is seen as a threat by the rule enforcer Mrs. Steele who follows Lacy looking for any reason to grant her three strikes so Lacy can be suppressed. Until Lacy woke up dead, everything in the cemetery ran on a boring routine. Mrs. Steele's assumptions about the newcomer are correct but will she be able to stop the progressive momentum or be able to silence her forever? Oh my how I loved this book!
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