Patti M. Walsh

Title: Ghost Girl
Author: Patti M. Walsh
Publisher: Padmagrafs Publishing
Publication Date: Reissued October 25, 2025
ISBN: 9781639885732 
Pages: 244
Paperback: $15
e-Book: $7.99
Categories:

1. Teen & Young Adult Books
2. Children’s Books (Grades 4-7)
3. Fantasy & Magic
4. Celtic
5. Literature & Fiction

Recognitions:

2023 Winner, Children’s Fiction by American Book Fest 2023 Silver, Florida Association of Publishers and Authors
Amazon Ranking: 4.4 out of 5 stars

Description:

One girl, two worlds, and 17 ghosts—

In a journey of self-discovery, a modern 12-year-old is challenged to find her place in an ancient family. Will she lead it into the future or return to her life as a loser?

Infused with magical realism, ghosts, and Celtic mythology, this award-winning novel follows the plight of the biracial Bonnie, who is lonely, angry, and confused. Her mother died, her father remarried, and her new school was a disaster. She is sent to live with relatives, who will homeschool her in a haunted house. There, ancestral ghosts befriend her and guide her on a mystical voyage to the Celtic Otherworld. In that quest, Bonnie must overcome grudges, bullies, and an evil shopkeeper.

Lured at midnight into the forbidden attic by a spirit dog and touched with a magic potion, she seeks answers to who she is, where she belongs, and why her mother died.

Ghost Girl is the first book in the Companion Moon series.

Endorsement:

“Young readers will find GHOST GIRL a relevant and positive guide for their own lives. Older readers will find GHOST GIRL an attractive introduction to the deep and profound mysteries and spiritual precepts of the Irish Celtic tradition.”

George Cinclair Gibson, Ph.D., Celtic Scholar and Author, Wake Rites: The Ancient Irish Rituals of Finnegans Wake