We Hear the Dead by Dianne K. Salerni, 425 pages

The title of this book grabbed my attention and I had to check it out after reading the description. The Fox sisters were famous in the years before the Civil War as mediums who spoke to the dead, basically starting the spiritualism movement. This book follows the sisters Maggie and Kate from their early days, playing a joke on a cousin, to their rise as mediums who consorted with some of the highest echelons of society. This teen fiction book is more historical fiction than fact, but by doing so the author has brought this period of history alive. I especially enjoyed how the story jumped between the two sisters' viewpoints, though at times I had to double check which sister was telling the story at the moment.