Not Quite a Ghost
From the award-winning author of The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy comes an unforgettable and deeply personal story of the ghosts that surround us—and the ones we carry inside.
The house seemed to sit apart from the others on Katydid Street, silent and alone, like it didn’t fit among them. For Violet Hart—whose family is about to move into the house on Katydid Street—very little felt like it fit anymore. Like their old home, suddenly too small since her mother remarried and the new baby arrived. Or Violet’s group of friends, which, since they started middle school, isn’t enough for Violet’s best friend, Paige. Everything seemed to be changing at once. But sometimes, Violet tells herself, change is okay.
That is, until Violet sees her new room. The attic bedroom in their new house is shadowy, creaky, and wrapped in old yellow wallpaper covered with a faded tangle of twisting vines and sickly flowers. And then, after moving in, Violet falls ill—and does not get better. As days turn into weeks without any improvement, her family growing more confused and her friends wondering if she’s really sick at all, she finds herself spending more time alone in the room with the yellow wallpaper, the shadows moving in the corners, wrapping themselves around her at night.
And soon, Violet starts to suspect that she might not be alone in the room at all.
# of Pages: 288
Book Binding: Hardcover
Year of Publication: 2024
Publisher: Walden Pond Press
Language: en
ISBN: 9780062275158
Anne Ursu is an American author known for her imaginative and thought-provoking novels for children and young adults. She was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota and received her undergraduate degree from Brown University and her MFA in Creative Writing from Hamline University. Ursu has published several critically acclaimed books, including The Real Boy and Breadcrumbs, which have been translated into over a dozen languages. She is also a faculty member at the Hamline University Creative Writing Program and has been a guest speaker at numerous writing conferences. In addition to writing, Ursu is a passionate advocate for children's literature and serves on the board of directors for the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.