Ghost of a Chance

Melissa Soul is looking forward to a long, hot California summer—one sunny enough to make her forget her parents’ impending divorce and the ugly “For Sale” sign in her front yard.

Her goals are pretty basic: 1) avoid babysitting her annoying little brother, 2) hang out at the beach with her best friend, Chloe, and 3) finally exchange a few intelligent words with Chloe’s brainscramblingly cute older brother, Chaz.

But all that changes fast when Melissa meets the new guy in Chloe’s life. Mysterious and magnetic, James haunts Chloe’s 1920s mansion—and Melissa’s dreams. She falls for him so hard that soon everything else falls away . . . including the heartbreaking possibility that he might be in love with her best friend.

Is falling in love with a ghost a dead end? Or is there a ghost of a chance?


“A lighthearted story that is told with humor and sensitivity.” —Cedar Rapids Gazette

“Melissa, as narrator, addresses readers in an engaging, endearing, and inclusive way.” —School Library Journal

“Spiced with ghostly magic and adolescent wit.” —Publishers Weekly

A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age