A review by melodynbarclay
The Ghost Collector by Allison Mills

4.0

This middle grade novel is an excellent one for educators and parents who are interested in discussing grief with their students or children. The main character, Shelly, is a ghost collector - something that runs in her Cree family. She loses someone close to her and she begins grieving for this lost individual. Importantly, she does not stop grieving at the end of the novel. Rather, the epilogue of the novel transports readers to a time just after the main events. The author shows Shelly grieving in a different way. Additionally, the novel highlights a variety of family structures such as intergenerational families, nuclear families, and same gender families.