It was just that a woman had taken off her shoes by the front door, walked to the couch, and taken a nap. Nothing like spooky noises or faces reflected in glass or anything like that. The television show was recounting a typical low-key haunting. Once I was on a plane flipping channels and I came across a ghost-related docu-series that appeared to have been strapped for cash in the course of filming. A ghost with a very specific message, but only if Bug’s ready to hear it. As things escalate, Bug begins to suspect that this is the work of a brand new ghost. First there’s a broken bottle of nail polish. That means makeovers, nail polish, shopping for clothes, the works! Bug’s not sure what to think about all this, even before the ghosts start acting increasingly strange. What’s strange is that middle school is looming and Bug’s best friend Moira is determined to get them ready.
Their house is haunted (always has been) but that’s par for the course. Of course, for Bug, things are never actually normal. Bug and Bug’s mom, who lived with him for many years, are distraught but getting by. And yes, there will be oodles of spoilers. When we talk about wanting to see a diverse range of books for kids, this is precisely what we should be thinking of. Because this isn’t just your average ghost story. Well not today, suckers! Today we are going to drill down and get right smack dab into the middle of why Kyle Lukoff’s Too Bright to See is as groundbreaking as it is. They know and you have to walk off realizing that you just completely failed to help place that book in the firmament of great children’s literature where it so richly deserves to be. But other reviewers and members of the general public? They know. Your review might be a mighty font of mediocre and still they’ll tell you that it made them feel good. Authors, I have found, are still very kind when this happens. Many is the time that I’ve sat down to write a really ripping review only to find my fingertips failing over and over again to convey what it was about the book that was so very great.
Just because I’ve read an amazing book for kids, that doesn’t mean that I’m going to be able to string words together that make that fact tangible to anyone else. Dial Books for Young Readers (an imprint of Penguin Random House)Ī great book can inspire a great review but it’s not a one-to-one correlation.
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