Author: Patti M Walsh
Bio:
Ghost Girl was born when my four-year-old niece asked me, “Why did Mommy die?” I wanted to tell her that death gives meaning to life, but explaining that seemed impossible—until I read The Celtic Book of the Dead by Caitlín Matthews. In it, I found appropriate motifs—like the immram (a mystical journey); islands of refuge, like the Crystal Keep; and monsters, like fiery pigs—that convey the Celtic Otherworld in a tween-friendly manner.
Book:
In this contemporary novel infused with magical realism, ghosts, and Celtic mythology, the biracial Bonnie is lonely, angry, and confused. Her mother died, her father remarried, and her new school was a disaster. She is sent to live with relatives, who will homeschool her in a haunted house.
“Young readers will find Ghost Girl a relevant and positive guide for their own lives. Older readers will find Ghost Girl an attractive introduction to the deep and profound mysteries and spiritual precepts of the Irish Celtic tradition.” —George Cinclair Gibson, Ph.D., Author, Wake Rites: The Ancient Irish Rituals of Finnegans Wake
**Submitted by:** GCWA
**Genre:** YA (Young Women)