Brosgol, V. (2011). Anya's Ghost (p.
221). New York, New York: First & Second.
Themes: Family, Friendship, Ghost Characters: Anya, Dima, Sasha, Anya’s Mom, Siobhan, Emily, Sean, Elizabeth
Summary:
Anya is an ordinary girl except her family
is from Russia. Her mom encourages her
to befriend Dima, a fellow Russian student. Anya falls in a hole one day and
finds a skeleton. A ghost rises from the skeleton and introduces itself as
Emily. Anya escapes the hole and take a piece of Emily’s skeleton with her,
unknowingly. At school, Emily reappears and helps Anya pass a biology test. She
also helps Anya talks to her crush, Sean.
Sean, Elizabeth (Sean’s girlfriend), Anya,
and Emily go to a party and find out that Sean is a creep. She notices Emily
changing; her hair and clothes. Anya wants to solve Emily’s murder, so she goes
to the library. There, Dima helps Anya find that Emily actually killed her
ex-boyfriend and his new girlfriend. Emily finds out she can move things and injured
Anya’s mom. Sasha, Anya returns the bone to the hole and decides to help cover
the hole with the help of her fellow classmates.
The major strengths of the book is that you should take your family or your heritage for granted. Anya is the perfect example of doing this. It isn't until her mom gets injured, she realizes her love for her mom. 
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