The Ghost Collector

Shelly, her mother and grandmother can all see ghosts. They “collect” ghost that are stuck using their hair and then release them to move on to another plane. Its cute how even animals have ghosts that they help. Shelly starts collecting ghosts hoping that the one ghost she is looking for will come.

This book is about dealing with grief in younger children and how they don't always understand what is happening. This has an uplifting end though. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

When you're expecting a book to be maybe a 3 star but now you're crying, listening to the Smiths, and giving it 5 stars.

Anyway this was great, love the magic elements surrounding the ghosts, and the discussions about death and the grief that comes with it. Overall an honest story about loss that may be a tad difficult to read, but very rewarding.