readers will seesaw between chills and snorts of laughter. the story structure weaves its way in and out-riveting and tumbling with tension but never obvious, leaving the readers wondering if anything is really as it seems. Selected, amazon.ca's list of Best Books of September for Children and Teens, 2014 Selected, Quill & Quire 's list of Kidlit Books of the Year, 2014 'Spooky tension, friendship and compassion permeate this exquisitely plotted middle-grade ghost story. ghostly? When the girls find a tombstone with Rose's name on it in the cemetery and encounter an angry spirit in her house who seems intent on hurting Polly, they have to unravel the mystery of Rose and her strange family. Maybe she will finally see one too! But is there more to Rose than it seems? Why does no one ever talk to her? And why does she look so. They develop an unlikely friendship, and Polly is ecstatic to learn that Rose can actually see and talk to ghosts. But soon they discover they aren't alone-they're actually neighbors, sharing a wall.

Despite their differences, both girls spend their days feeling invisible and seek solace in books and the cozy confines of their respective attics. Polly is a down-to-earth dreamer with a wild imagination and an obsession with ghosts Rose is a quiet, ethereal waif with a sharp tongue. Polly lives in a house bursting at the seams with people, while Rose is often left alone by her busy parents. In 1960s Toronto, two girls retreat to their attics to escape the loneliness and isolation of their lives.

The Swallow by Charis Cotter