Content levels
Positive tags
Heroine archetypes
Protagonist archetypes
Synopsis
Iris is ready for another hot, routine summer in her small Louisiana town, hanging around the Red Stripe grocery with her best friend, Collette, and traipsing through the cemetery telling each other spooky stories and pretending to cast spells. Except this summer, Iris doesn't have to make up a story. This summer, one falls right in her lap.Years ago, before Iris was born, a local boy named Elijah Landry disappeared. All that remained of him were whispers and hushed gossip in the church pews. Until this summer. A ghost begins to haunt Iris, and she's certain it's the ghost of Elijah. What really happened to him? And why, of all people, has he chosen Iris to come back to?From the Hardcover edition.
Is Shadowed Summer appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 13 and up.
A gentle ghost story with mild spooky elements about a girl investigating a decades-old disappearance. Contains themes of death and loss but no graphic violence or mature content.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include death and grief.
Who'll love this
Teens will enjoy the mystery of a ghost seeking help to uncover what happened to him, set against a sultry Louisiana summer backdrop.