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.
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