Charlotte is determined to begin a new school year as a new girl. She wants to not be invisible. And she wants to go to the Fall Dance with football player heart throb, Damen Dylan. She lands Damen as her lab partner in Physics and everything seems to be on track until she chokes on a gummy bear and dies in school. She is sent to Deadiquette school but escapes back to the living because she has unfinished business. She can't really be dead and cross over until she has what she has wanted in life, acceptance and love. The living and the dead collide with imminent disaster. Will Charlotte act to rescue both worlds? Each chapter begins with an epigraph. There is also a box with thoughtful realizations which summarize each chapter. Was not familiar with this... but "Screenwriter Hurley's novel is the first in a much-promoted series based on a character she created online in 2002 (http://www.ghostgirl.com)."
Ages: 13 and up
Comments: I found the treatment of the themes and writing style to be innovative. Lots of dark humor. The stereotypes were in a straight jacket (the popular cheerleader with her "court"who is utterly cruel to the unpopular, the gorgeous unattainable football boy) but I suppose this was necessary to set up of the story.
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