My Plain Jane My Plain Jane, by Brodi Ashton. Cynthia Hand, and Jodi Meadows, is a story that tells of mischievous ghosts, an unexpected romance, and of, most importantly, Miss Jane Eyre. This book is a magnificent spin-off of the book by Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre. Plot Summary: Jane Eyre is an extraordinarily plain girl that lives at an all-girls, boarding school called Lowood in England. Charlotte Brontë, yes that Charlotte Brontë, is Jane’s best friend at Lowood, so she thinks. Jane’s actual best friend is a ghost, yes, a ghost. This particular ghost’s name is Helen. Helen died of the “graveyard disease”, this is common at Lowood as it is very common for girls to suffer from frostbite (while still inside) and mild starvation (better put as extreme hunger). Helen is very outspoken (ironic for a ghost, right?), but only Jane can hear her, because (as Jane learns later in the story) she is a “beacon”. I “beacon” is someone who can command gh...
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