Ghostgirl by Tonya Hurley, Questions and Answers

Back of the book summary

Ever feel invisible? Charlotte Usher did. Teased by classmates, overlooked by teachers, beneath contempt of the popular and ignored by Damen, the guy of her dreams, she barely registered on the radar at Hawthorne High. The kind of girl no one would ever miss if she died tomorrow. And then she did...

Main Characters

Charlotte Usher the protagonist of the novel, a senior in High school who is in love with Damen, and plans to be with him, but chokes to death on a gummy bearbecoming a ghost

Damen – Charlotte's crush and Petula's boyfriend.

Petula – Damen's girlfriend, popular shallow girl

Scarlet – Petula's sister. A gothic teenager who can see Charlotte

Dead Ed class – teenagers who died at Hawthorne High and must pass a test before moving on to the afterlife

What goes on in your mind as you read? Are you enjoying the process of reading the book?

When I first began to read Ghostgirl I was worried that I had chosen a typical teen girl drama book. The novel began by introducing the protagonist, an intelligent but shy girl who has trouble fitting in at her high school, Hawthorne High. Charlotte is desperate to fit in, and spends her summer planning what outfits she will wear, the people she’ll talk to, and most of all, how she will get her crush Damian to fall in love with her and forget about the mean, gossiping Petula. Odly enough, unlike most teen books, her plans start to work, and by a stroke of unbelievable luck she is assigned to be Damian’s science partner. I had almost decided not to continue reading this novel, thinking that it would follow the usual pattern of trying to be popular, succeding, having something go terribly wrong, and then learning that popularity is not important, but the novel sud...

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...epiest part of the book, but it was also the first time that the ghosts show what they’re truly capable of. Finally, what really stood out to me was how Charlotte reacted to finding out she was dead. Charlotte first screams, runs, and finally begins to panic before accepting what has happened. At first I though this was overdramatic of her, but when I stopped to think about it, it was probably what I would have done too, and this scene made me question how I would feel if I was placed in her position.

I truly enjoyed reading Ghostgirl, and while I had a few problems reading it, such as the very large quantity of characters that became hard to keep track of, I found it to be a great experience. It was well written, with many realistic characters, and an original story. I would recomend this book to anyone with a love for the supernatural and a dark sense of humor.