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A review by michellehenriereads
The Ghost Collector by Allison Mills
4.0
This is such a different ghost story! The author's great-grandmother told her stories which led to this tale - and I'm glad she did.
The Ghost Collector is not a haunting tale in the sense of giving you chills, but a tale of how our lives might be haunted. Haunted with grieving.
Shelly has inherited her family's ability to catch ghosts in her hair and to help them along. She can catch the ghosts of animals as well as people. When her mother dies, it's only natural that Shelly would expect to have time with her mom's ghost. How do we grasp onto things to help us remember our loved ones? I've known of people who keep their parents' treasures, or photos, or stories. If you could keep the ghost of a loved one near would you? What happens when we can't have what we want - our loved one to stay? Shelly goes through this process of grieving and spins the reader into her hair for the ride.
Kids need sad books. It helps them process the hard things in their lives.
If a middle-grade book has anything that might make some parent wary, I feel like I need to mention it. There is a very passing reference to a lesbian couple. The book talks about Hannah's wife in passing while the characters are on a ghost job.
There is no violence, sexual content, or swearing.
I recommend this book and author.
The Ghost Collector is not a haunting tale in the sense of giving you chills, but a tale of how our lives might be haunted. Haunted with grieving.
Shelly has inherited her family's ability to catch ghosts in her hair and to help them along. She can catch the ghosts of animals as well as people. When her mother dies, it's only natural that Shelly would expect to have time with her mom's ghost. How do we grasp onto things to help us remember our loved ones? I've known of people who keep their parents' treasures, or photos, or stories. If you could keep the ghost of a loved one near would you? What happens when we can't have what we want - our loved one to stay? Shelly goes through this process of grieving and spins the reader into her hair for the ride.
Kids need sad books. It helps them process the hard things in their lives.
If a middle-grade book has anything that might make some parent wary, I feel like I need to mention it. There is a very passing reference to a lesbian couple. The book talks about Hannah's wife in passing while the characters are on a ghost job.
There is no violence, sexual content, or swearing.
I recommend this book and author.