The Prank by Ashley Rae Harris

By the time I looked up, he had already fallen off the roof. And then I heard this wailing sound. It sounded like a girl crying. Pranks make Jordan nervous. But when a group of popular kids invite her along on a series of practical jokes, she doesnt turn them down. As the pranks begin to go horribly wrong, Jordan and her crush Charlie work to discover the cause of the accidents. Is the spirit of a prank victim who died twenty years earlier to blame?

"The Prank" is targeted for struggling adolescent readers. I still had to give the book one star because the writing was so poor. The characters are underdeveloped, the explanation behind the apparent "ghost" is unclear, and the reactions from the adults and students to death are unrealistic. Jordan is a junior who wishes she were part of the in-crowd. When Briony invites her to help take part in some Homecoming pranks against a rival school, Jordan can hardly resist. Unfortunately, horrible things start to happen to the teens and it may be because of a ghost. A corny book to say the least, but still one that I will recommend to lower level students because of its short length and lower Lexile.