Ghost Girl
Written by Brooke Carter
Illustrated by Alyssa Waterbury
Published by Orca Book Publishers
Hooked on Books Interview from Teachers on Call – Brooke Carter (released Nov. 25, 2024)
BOOK SYNOPSIS
Ten-year-old Sly is spending the weekend with their fortune-telling grandmother at the mysterious Madsen Mansion.
It’s Samhain, a time when the spirits can cross over into the living world, and the old mansion has secrets whispering in the rafters and unused rooms. When Sly and their grandmother hear a voice calling, Sly unlocks a cabinet that reveals a ghost girl who is trapped in a mirror. Then they accidentally speak the words of the spell that enchanted the girl in the first place, and Sly and their grandmother risk being imprisoned in the mirror as well. With the clock ticking till the end of Samhain, it’s up to Sly to solve the ghost’s riddles and puzzles and locate a long-lost book of spells in hopes of freeing them all.
BROOKE CARTER
Brooke Carter is the author of several books for young people, including the Middle Grade chapter book, Ghost Girl (NYPL Best Book for Kids, Shortlisted for the Hackmatack and Chocolate Lily Award, Nominated for the Silver Birch Express Award). Brooke’s Young Adult novels are: The Stone of Sorrow, Another Miserable Love Song, Learning Seventeen, Lucky Break, The Unbroken Hearts Club, Double or Nothing, Sulfur Heart, and Star Eaters. Brooke holds BFA and MFA degrees in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia, and loves to read, daydream, write, teach, and spend time with family.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Website: www.brookecarter.com
Instagram: @brookecarterwriter
Twitter / X: @thebrookecarter
Email: contactbrookecarter@gmail.com
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Another Miserable Love Song (Orca Book Publishers) August 30, 2016 (Second Edition: September 14, 2021)
Learning Seventeen (Orca Book Publishers) January 16, 2018
Lucky Break (Orca Book Publishers) August 28, 2018. Second Edition: April 16, 2024
Unbroken Hearts Club (Orca Book Publishers) January 29, 2019
The Stone of Sorrow (Orca Book Publishers) April 2020
Double or Nothing (Orca Book Publishers) Sept 22, 2020
Sulfur Heart (Orca Book Publishers) April 12, 2022
Star-Eaters (Orca Book Publishers) February 14, 2023
Ghost Girl (Orca Book Publishers) Sept 12, 2023
ALYSSA WATERBURY
Alyssa Waterbury is an illustrator from London, Ontario. In 2023, her first published illustrations appeared in Brooke Carter’s Ghost Girl, an early reader book published by Orca Book Publishers. A lifelong lover of book illustration, she obtained a degree in illustration from Sheridan College in 2017.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Website: www.waterburyillustration.com
Instagram: @alyssajwaterbury
Email: waterbury94@gmail.com
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Ghost Girl. Orca Book Publishers, 2023.
