Super Short Summary

In Joyce McDonald’s young adult thriller Shades of Simon Gray, Simon Gray crashes his car into an ancient tree and falls into a coma, leading to strange occurrences in Bellehaven, including a series of plagues. As his family and friends visit Simon, it emerges that he was involved in a high school hacking scheme, while he dreams about Jessup Wildmere, the ghost of a hanged man. The book contains references to substance use, violent accidents, and moral dilemmas.