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Give Up the Ghost

Megan Crewe (2009)

SubgenreParanormal Fantasy
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age13
Goodreads3.52
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

Death of a Loved OneGriefSocial Isolation

Positive tags

Found FamilyFriendshipHealing ArcSecond ChanceSelf-Discovery

Hero archetypes

Popular BoyFish out of WaterOutcast / Loner

Heroine archetypes

Ghost Whisperer

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age Protagonist

Tropes

Coming of AgeFish out of WaterFound FamilyGhostsHidden IdentityReluctant HeroSupernatural Ability

Themes

Grief and LossSocial IsolationFinding Your PlaceMoving ForwardConnection vs WithdrawalUsing Power Responsibly

Synopsis

Sixteen-year-old Cass's only friends are her dead sister and the school ghosts who feed her gossip that she uses to make students face up to their bad behavior, until a popular boy asks for her help and leads her to reach out to the living again.

Is Give Up the Ghost appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 13 and up.

A gentle paranormal story about grief and connection featuring a teen who can see ghosts. Focuses on emotional healing and making friends, with mild supernatural elements and no graphic content.

What to know going in

This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include death of a loved one, grief, and social isolation.

Who'll love this

A lonely teen who can talk to ghosts gets a chance at real friendship when a popular classmate reaches out for help.

Tags

Contemporary FantasyGhost StoryHigh School DramaSocial Commentary