Reaps

Reaps is a collection of ghost and supernatural tales... though several don’t need ghosts to be scary. Most feature a rarity in the genre of young-adult books... young black male protagonists resourceful, brave and intelligent, and many in settings other than the inner-city. Examples of other settings where young black males encounter ghosts, deal with hauntings -- benign or malignant -- vanquish demons, and Satan Himself, are “Goat Boy” somewhere in America’s heartland, “Children Of Death," which takes place in Haiti, “The Train To Lost Lake,” in a forest in Maine, and “The Picture” set in a…