![]() ![]() Content Warnings for bullying, including physical harm, gross hallucinations, emotionally absent parent, demonic forces and their evil ways. ![]() ![]() ![]() She lives in Kuala Lumpur with her family and can be. The Girl and the Ghost is her first novel for middle grade readers. She is the author of the young adult novel The Weight of Our Sky, and her work has appeared in Shape, Esquire, and Marie Claire, among others. This is not a happy ghost story, but it's one that will be beloved. Hanna Alkaf is a writer from Malaysia, where the legend of the pelesit originated. Ultimately the resolution has even more depth than anticipated and had me tearing up with a melancholy that was totally earned in the final pages. And readers should know that the bad is quite bad - hallucinations that torture Suraya until she is visibly hurting, a clever manifestation of the way kids can hurt one another. The heart of this story is the friendship between Suraya and Pink, which makes their falling out visceral for the reader even before Pink "goes bad". Pink becomes jealous and his darker side is revealed in ways at times quite disturbing, prompting the trio to embark on a quest to help save Pink from himself. Suraya is an awkward child and doesn't have any friends until a new girl comes to her school and they bond over their outsider status. Suraya and Pink are best friends ever since Suraya's grandmother died and sent Pink to serve her when she was just a baby. “THE GIRL AND THE GHOST is a book for every kid who loves ghost stories, who likes the more twisted version of fairy tales, and prefers some darkness in their happy endings. ![]()
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