{"product_id":"9780062940957","title":"The Girl and the Ghost","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Girl and the Ghost\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Hanna Alkaf\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e* Chosen as a 2020 Kirkus Prize Finalist for Young Readers' Literature! *\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Malaysian folk tale comes to life in this emotionally layered, chilling middle grade debut, perfect for fans of \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Boy\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Jumbies.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI am a dark spirit, \u003c\/em\u003ethe ghost announced grandly\u003cem\u003e. I am your inheritance, your grandmother’s legacy. I am yours to command.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSuraya is delighted when her witch grandmother gifts her a pelesit. She names her ghostly companion Pink, and the two quickly become inseparable. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBut Suraya doesn’t know that pelesits have a dark side—and when Pink’s shadows threaten to consume them both, they must find enough light to survive . . . before they are both lost to the darkness.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFans of Holly Black’s \u003cem\u003eDoll Bones\u003c\/em\u003e and Tahereh Mafi’s Furthermore series will love this ghostly middle grade debut that explores jealousy, love, and the extraordinary power of friendship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“Grippingly heart-wrenching and speaks to deeper themes of family, trauma, and friendship…a fascinating, page-turning tale.”\u003cbr\u003e“Alkaf’s middle-grade debut is unapologetically—and beautifully—Malaysian… it sizzles with tension and safe-but-ghoulish imagery, without letting go of the heartfelt thread of love between a girl and her ghost.”\u003cbr\u003e\"I can’t stop thinking about THE GIRL AND THE GHOST, a desperately beautiful novel about the many ways people can be haunted and the transformative power of friendship and love. A spellbinding story, told with an enormous heart.\u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDelightfully gruesome, humorous, haunted and heart wrenching\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e,\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Girl and the Ghost\u003c\/em\u003e is an intense tale of grief, family, friendship and forgiveness.” \u003cbr\u003e“An entertaining convergence of the supernatural with the everyday… touches of contemporary Malaysian life enrich the background: ethnic and religious diversity, layers of rapid social change, and loving descriptions of food abound.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780062940957\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":41128310636750,"sku":"9780062940957","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780062940957.jpg?v=1650345396","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780062940957","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}