Welcome to Litsy!

Like her Cree mother & grandmother, 10-year-old Shelly can see the ghosts of people & animals. She is learning how to catch them & help them move on. But tragedy strikes and Shelly must learn something even more challenging: how to handle grief. A gentle contemporary ghost story by a Ililiw/Cree author, for ages 9-12. #CanadianAuthor #Indigenous #kidlit

“My grandma is a ghost hunter,” Shelly says. “I‘m going to be one, too.”

So so lovely. This book navigates grief from a child‘s perspective, while touching on Cree culture and family traditions/ beliefs, poverty and class status, and stereotypes facing indigenous folks. You will care for Shelly so much as you feel her loneliness through the pages and as let‘s go. 100% recommend. Happy book birthday to Allison Mills! Now on sale.

Check out my full review on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2971025912

This book is rooted in a Cree worldview and is based on stories of the author's great-grandmother's life. It starts light and fun and the concept of collecting ghosts in your hair is intriguing. Then the book takes a more serious turn as Shelly has to learn how to handle her own grief. Mills masterfully and uniquely handles the topics of death and grief in a way that is accessible to younger readers. #middlegradelit #readinginthemiddle #netgalley