Will I love Neshama?

Written in free verse poetry, this emotional book is about a girl who can see ghosts, including her aunt who died when she was young. Many important issues are addressed in this book that are relatable to middle school students and older - bullying, antisemitism, feeling like you don't belong, family, and forgiveness. What happens when we die? Does our soul linger on earth to watch over loved ones or to right a wrong? These are just two questions that students might ask. This would make a great book to be read for a child-adult book club.

"how fragile and fine it is/ to be alive."

This is a ghostly novel in verse I absolutely LOVED! Neshama by Marcella Pixley is an incredible story on writing poems to ghosts, grief, reconciliation, generational trauma, and being different. Pixley tells such an incredible story here that as soon as I finished, I picked it right back up to start again! I don't remember ever doing this with a book. I hope you'll check it out for yourself and enjoy it as much as I did!!!