Source: preordered purchase. This is a review of my reading experience.
Ghost Girl is a middle grade horror novel by Ally Malinenko.
Perfect for fans of Small Spaces and Nightbooks, Ally Malinenko’s middle-grade debut is an empowering and triumphant ghost story—with spooky twists sure to give readers a few good goosebumps!
Zee Puckett loves ghost stories. She just never expected to be living one.
It all starts with a dark and stormy night. When the skies clear, everything is different. People are missing. There’s a creepy new principal who seems to know everyone’s darkest dreams. And Zee is seeing frightening things: large, scary dogs that talk and maybe even . . . a ghost.
When she tells her classmates, only her best friend, Elijah, believes her. Worse, mean girl Nellie gives Zee a cruel nickname: Ghost Girl.
But whatever the storm washed up isn’t going away. Everyone’s most selfish wishes start coming true in creepy ways.
To fight for what’s right, Zee will have to embrace what makes her different and what makes her Ghost Girl. And all three of them—Zee, Elijah, and Nellie—will have to work together if they want to give their ghost story a happy ending.
I loved Ghost Girl!
Growing
up I picked up every book I could find that possibly had a ghost in it.
All of the amazing middle grade and young adult books that exist today
weren't available back then. My inner Jen still gets excited every time I
get to pick up a middle grade horror - especially the ones that center
around ghosts.
While
Ghost Girl is certainly a ghostly book, it is much, much more than
that. And most important (to me) - it's scary! I love when a horror book
turns out to be scary, and Ghost Girl joins the ranks of Hide and Seeker, The Girl and the Ghost, Root Magic, and Where the Woods End for
having some amazing horror content!
Like
Hide and Seeker, it will also hit you right in the feels. I love the
characters of Zee, Elijah, and Nellie. Their character growth and their
friendships are wonderful! I grew to love them so much.
If
you read middle grade or have someone in your life who reads middle
grade, I highly recommend Ghost Girl. I can't wait to read more from
Ally Malinenko!
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
5/5 stars
This sounds like a fun book. I've only read one series with ghosts in it--Anna Dressed in Blood--and I loved it. I should read more books with ghosts in it.
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