Ghostgirl (by Tonya Hurley)

i thought it was a very good novel.Yes some of the pages are unaporiate, but its not lilke we havn't heard this stuff before...

It's awesome! I LOVE GHOSTGIRL! There's swears, so what? I'm 9 and I love it! :)

I love this book! Just got done reading it... Just cried my eyes out because.... Well you have to read the book :P

This is one of my favorite books, the 'consumorism' isn't bad, or poorly potrayed. The author uses quotes and discriptions of bands, to help illustrate the tone and style of the book's individual chapters (she also does a bit of a 'life lesson' at the opening of each chapter about love, life, and friendship that any girl (no matter how much of a die hard goth) will melt at. the dark humor is softly used (imagine Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas's humor, set in a highschool) but my first reaction to the entire novel when it first came out when i read it was Beetlejuice, only toned down with not as much adult material. the sexual material is not too extreme with some kissing, and Charlotte never sees the boy entirely unclothed (boxers still on, nothing too graphic) while the descriptions of the dead teens are a bit gross, they're not very extreme, if your kids could watch "Scooby Doo on Zombie Island" (which was rated Y7) they could handle the minimal gore and almost non exisistent violence in this book. Language is not skimped out on, though it is infrequent, they do hit you with h****, s***, f***, and a few other insults from the tough-as-nails secondary main character, Scarlett. overall this is one of my favorite books out of modern titles with a beautiful echo of Edgar Allan Poe's horror tales, as well as MANY CLASSIC LITERATURE REFERENCES throughout that will have intelligent teens squelling over the poetry of it all.e P.S. this isn't much of a tear jerker, if you're afraid of how depressing it will be. Death is merely like entering another level of schooling (literally) and it is also nearly painless (she feels herself unable to breathe before she's seemlessly in the world of the dead. Christain veiws are not compromised too much, as she has yet to reach Heven yet she has the belief that she will, but she finds out that she has not been sent down there either.

I found this book to be very poorly written, and confusing at times. There were so many band names thrown around, it felt like I was reading the author's iPod playlist, not a book. There's a lot of talk about sex. The main character Charlotte is very selfish and will stop at nothing to get the attention of her crush,even after she's dead, which if you ask me, isn't a very good message for teen girls. There were also a lot of sentences that didn't make sense, "hence poorly written."

I started to read the book, completely open minded, as any good reader is with any book. I shut it and walked away after not too many chapters. Charloette, after dying and becoming invisible, sneaks into the boys locker room to watch her crush get changed!! what is THAT?!?! Definitly NOT aprropriate for kids. The crush also watches a girl get changed through a mirror! This is not something I think anyone would want to read. EVER!

this book is amazing.. its the only book iv ever read, and i think it was amazing.. im currently starting the second book. its not too bad its a bit slow but its getting better =) im so exited to finish it and hopefuly there is a 3rd one coming out soon =)

LANGUAGE IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 16. We bought this book thinking it would be a good read for our daughter who is 12. It was in the junior section of our store and I have never had problems with books in that area. I normally monitor everything that she reads yet I thought this would be safe. I prefer my 12 yr old not to be subjected to the language and sexual undertone that is meant in some of the jokes. To rate this as appropriate for 13 yrs old is not even a good idea. Maybe I have on blinders but I do not want her reading material that is meant for older teenagers. This book needs to be taken out of the junior section and needs and explicit lyric label on it like the CDs have.

I really love this book.....but it's not for small children. But I think that "Doesn't deserve to be read by anybody" is harsh. This book has good humor and an amazing plot. Some parents just can't be realistic about what their kids are going to be talking about. We can't all be 5 forever. If you didn't think it was appropriate, you shouldn't have bought it for your child. It being age appropriate really depends on how much your children know about things and how much they can understand or take with out being influenced by it. I read this at 11 and loved it. Life can't always be sunshine and lollypops and the sooner you realize that the better.