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The Girl in the Blue Tunic

Jean Ure (1997)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads3.82

Content levels

ViolenceNone
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

AbandonmentAnxiety

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age Protagonist

Synopsis

When Hannah's dad moves away to Saudi Arabia for his work, he moves Hannah to a posh privat school where her mother once went. Just when Hannah starts settling in a little girl starts to appear about the school, but nobody seem to notice her. Warning her to get out the school, she keeps egnoring her and keeps coming back. Hannah not knowing what to do tells her roommates....but was that the right decision?

Is The Girl in the Blue Tunic appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 10 and up.

A gentle ghost story set in a boarding school where a girl sees a mysterious apparition no one else notices. Focuses on friendship, adjustment to new circumstances, and solving a supernatural mystery with mild spooky elements suitable for middle grade readers.

What to know going in

This book has no graphic violence, no sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include abandonment and anxiety.

Who'll love this

A mysterious ghost girl appears only to Hannah at her new boarding school, warning her to leave—will Hannah and her roommates uncover the secret?

Tags

Ghost StoryContemporary FantasyBoarding SchoolSupernatural Mystery