i thought that this book was brilliant and really quite interesting. the language in some parts may not be appropriate but most kids should be able to handle it. charlotte learns alot so i think that everyone could learn a thing or two from this book. i loved it.

I read this book when I was 12 and i loved it! The inappropriate part are very brief.

I loved the book and people need to stop hating on the book because so what if the is cussing and sex it is a natural part of life and if you have NOT given the "Talk" to you childern and they're over 10 you should because if you don't they will find out from friends, movies, books,exetra so please stop hateing on thid book

I agree whith peace2422 it really depends, and honestly I don't think that you should have bought that book for your 12 year old if a bit of cursing was a problem. I really do think that she's probably read waaaaaay worse though, and at twelve, I tjink that you may not have to monotor things as feverishly as im sure she understands not to do the things in the book, like commit suicide or chant out the f word. hope this helps!

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.

WORSE THAN BAD..this book has a SHALLOW content, it's an empty shell. The amount of swear words is disgusting, poor bad taste, suggestions of suicide, suggestions of sexually active young girls, everything you don't want your kid to be or do it's in this book. IT DOES NOT DESERVE TO BE READ BY ANYBODY! I bought it for my 9 year old girl, who is an avid reader, and she pinpointed all the bad things going on here..me and my husband sat down and gave the book a more through inspection and we were disgusted, and threw this junk in the garbage can!..It did not deserve to be given away to ANYBODY.

Best Book Ever except for Twilight and the House of Night Series of course!!!!!! :P

Reccomend u read it

My most faveorite book I've ever read. There are some parts that are inappropreate but it is an overall good book. Charlotte aka ghostgirl really learns alot in this book. I would not recomed this for anyone under the age of 9 due to strong laguage. But it is a good read if you are like books about ghosts and aren't freaked out by people who have weird atributes sutch as magetts,exposed brians,scatches all over,ect.