Content levels
Trigger warnings
Positive tags
Hero archetypes
Heroine archetypes
Protagonist archetypes
Synopsis
Deeply self-conscious about her severe asthma attacks, high school student Keller Parrish finds solace in the company of an attractive but mysterious boy at a remote pond, unaware that he is an insubstantial echo of a forty-year-old tragedy.
Is Appointment with a Stranger appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 13 and up.
A tender ghost story featuring a self-conscious teen with severe asthma who befriends a mysterious boy unaware he's a ghost from a 40-year-old tragedy. Themes of chronic illness, self-acceptance, and grief; age-appropriate romance with no sexual content.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include death, grief, and chronic illness (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Teens will connect with Keller's struggles with asthma and self-consciousness, and the poignant supernatural romance offers both heartbreak and hope.