Funeral Girl
Binding: Hardcover
Age 13+
General Fiction
A more serious Pushing Daisies mixed with a more thoughtful Dear Evan Hansen makes for a moving exploration of anxiety, grief, and the power of human connection in the face of existential uncertainties
Sixteen-year-old Georgia Richter feels conflicted about the funeral home her parents run—especially because she has the ability to summon ghosts. With one touch of any body that passes through Richter Funeral Home, she can awaken the spirit of the departed. With one more touch, she makes the spirit disappear, to a fate that remains mysterious to Georgia. To cope with her deep anxiety about death, she does her best to fulfill the final wishes of the deceased whose ghosts she briefly revives.
Then her classmate Milo's body arrives at Richter—and his spirit wants help with unfinished business, forcing Georgia to reckon with her relationship to grief and mortality.
Creators
Emma K. Ohland (she/they) is an author based in Indiana. She earned her B.A. in English Literature from Purdue University, but she has been telling stories since childhood. Funeral Girl is her debut YA novel.