The Forgotten Girl by Indie Hill Brown

Interest Level: 3-6

Reading Level: 5.2
Genre: Fiction / Ghost Story

When eleven-year-old Iris sneaks out at night to make snow angels, she was not expecting to raise the ghost of Avery Moore, a girl her own age; but bringing to light the segregated and abandoned black cemetery seems like the perfect way to help Avery get the recognition she craves, and it will also be a good idea for the school project about the history of her small North Carolina town, where racial tensions are never far from the surface--only it seems that if Avery gets everything she wants Iris will join her as a ghost, best friends forever.

This book is listed as an interest level of 3rd to 6th grade. I think it might be to scary for 3rd and 4th graders. I thought it was well written. The author made you care about Iris and Daniel. You do not want any harm to come to them. I liked that the author threaded in some historical facts regarding segregation of graveyards. I would recommend this to any student who likes scary stories. I am usually not a fan of scary stories but enjoyed this book.

The Vanishing Girl: Daphne and Velma #1 by Josephine Ruby

Interest Level: YA

Genre: Mystery
Reading Level: 5.1

I LOVE Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang. In this book the gang is in high school but have not yet come together, all five of them, to solve mysteries. The book gives a nod to "A Pup Named Scooby-Doo" and acknowledges that Daphne and Velma were friends when they were children. I enjoyed this book so much that I bought the second book in the series. I will be donating this book to the library collection. I recommend it to all who love Scooby and the gang.