#23 The Library of the Dead by T.L. Huchu

 Ropa is a ghost talker, she makes her living giving messages to the living from the dead for a fee. She is supporting her grandmother and her younger sister as they are living in a parked travel trailer on farmland outside the city of Edinburgh. Things are tough, her bike has been stolen, the police shook her down and took a large payday for her that would have paid their rent. Now rent is past due and she needs to hustle. She bumps into a former school friend while walking her sister to school and learns about his new job at a secret library. She is also being pestered by a ghost for help to find her missing son, the son is still alive but no one is looking for him. Turns out there are lots of kids that have gone missing, and no one is sure why. Ropa is sucked into the mystery as she worries about trying to take care of her family and herself and maybe learn some more magic. This is the first book in the series, and it feels a bit more YA with Ropa being a teenager that has dropped out of school.  A good story overall and I’m interested to see what happens in the next book and will we get more on what exactly happened in the UK to leave Edinburgh like it is in the book.

 

 

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