Funeral Girl
Sixteen-year-old Georgia Richter feels conflicted about the funeral home her parents run—especially because she has the ability to summon ghosts.
With one touch of any body that passes through Richter Funeral Home, she can awaken the spirit of the departed. With one more touch, she makes the spirit disappear, to a fate that remains mysterious to Georgia. To cope with her deep anxiety about death, she does her best to fulfill the final wishes of the deceased whose ghosts she briefly revives.
Then her classmate Milo’s body arrives at Richter—and his spirit wants help with unfinished business, forcing Georgia to reckon with her relationship to grief and mortality.
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| Interest Level | Grade 8 - Grade 12 |
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| Reading Level | Grade 6 |
| Genre | Young Adult |
| Category | Diverse Books: LGBTQIA+, Diverse Books: Mental Health & Neurodiversity, Diversity, SEL: A Self-Awareness, SEL: B Self-Management, SEL: C Social Awareness, SEL: E Responsible Decision-Making, Social Emotional Learning |
| Copyright | 2022 |
| Publisher | Lerner Publishing Group |
| Imprint | Carolrhoda Lab ® |
| Language | English |
| Number of Pages | 272 |
| Publication Date | 2022-09-06 |
Author: Emma K. Ohland
Emma K. Ohland (she/they) is an author who has been telling stories since before she knew how to write them down. She grew up in the middle of a cornfield in Indiana, but her imagination often carried her away to other worlds. She graduated from Purdue University with a B.A. in English literature. Her first YA novel, Funeral Girl, was selected as a 2023 Children’s Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children’s Book of the Year. She lives in Texas with her partner, their cat, and their dog.
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Awards
- YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers Nominee
- Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year
Reviews
Booklist
“[G]ive Ohland’s first novel high marks for its unusual premise and vivid characterization of its imperfect protagonist.” — Booklist
Nita Tyndall
“Funeral Girl is a touching debut about ghosts, grief, and the relationships we have with people both living and dead.”—Nita Tyndall, author of Who I Was with Her
Saundra Mitchell
“An extraordinary debut; an extraordinary new voice.”—Saundra Mitchell, author of All the Things We Do in the Dark
Mindy McGinnis
“A courageous consideration of death and dying for teen readers, tackling the unanswerable and the unknowable.” —Mindy McGinnis, author of The Last Laugh and Be Not Far from Me