Charlotte Usher is 'invisible'. But when she finally becomes the boy of her dreams's lab partner, disaster strikes. And with a shocking revelation, Charlotte discovers that she's DEAD! Her rival, Petula's younger sister Scarlet is the only person who can see Charlotte. And to get closer to Damen, her dream boy, she must possess someone who is willing...
Damen invites Scarlet/Charlotte to the dance, and Charlotte decides her unfinished business is to share the 'midnight kiss' with Damen. But when the midnight kiss approaches, Prue, the dead kids' leader, will interfere by endangering Scarlet's spirit, and Charlotte must decide whether to save a friend or get what she wants...
The final quote that Scarlet had comissioned in an old building is; Friends are like Stars. You Can't Always See Them But You Know They're There.
Masked behind wit and humor, this book's focus is the tragedy in dying young.

Charlotte has worked for this all summer. The first day of school. This year is going to be different, this year she is going to be noticed, this year she is going to get the most popular boy in school. She gets really close too, well she had the whole lab partner thing going for her, until she choked to death on that soft red gummy bear.She doesn’t show up at the pearly gates instead she’s still stuck in high school only this time it’s high school for the dead. Now her crush really doesn’t know she’s alive, but Charlotte doesn’t let that damper her determination. She just realizes she’ll need to be a little more creative to reach her goal.Ghostgirl definitely wasn’t what I expected, but it was still really fun to read. Poor Charlotte, the girl can’t seem to catch a break! The plot was unpredictable although I thought the ending could have been a little stronger, no one lets go of a grudge of that proportions just like that. I would try to explain more, but I don’t want to give anything away. The characters were fun. You have your stereotypical popular rich bitch girl, the stupid jock, the goth girl and the dead girl. If there can be something considered a stereotypical dead girl! Hurley’s writing style is easy to fall into and I finished the book in no time! The cover for the books is exceptional! It is a die-cut cover and the color scheme is pink and black. very cool. I loved the quotes and illustrations introducing every chapter and the page borders were a nice touch as well. I know that has nothing to do with the story itself, but I like creative additions like that! ( )

(#40 in the 2009 book challenge)

Ugh, this was terrible. The premise is okay to start with -- Charlotte, anxious to be popular, dies in a freak accident in her physics class, and ends up in Dead Ed, populated with the ghosts of other teens who attend a sort of parallel high school. Charlotte does not let this stop her quest to get in with the popular crowd and land the perfect jock boyfriend. The whole thing is executed poorly from start to finish. Forced pop culture references, weirdly inconsistent points of view, and flat characters. I was annoyed by the heavy-handed otherworldly allusions (school principal Mr. Styx, for example) none of which are at all clever or remotely unexpected. The writing is clunky, and most unsettling, includes the worst abuse of quotation marks I have ever seen. It was going for an air quotes effect that failed miserably. I was left with a lot of peevish questions, such as why isn't it ever addressed that Charlotte's two goals (becoming friends with the most popular girl at school, and stealing that girl's hunky boyfriend) are directly at odds with each other.

Grade: F
Recommended: Horrors, no. I was surprised to see this on the NYPL's list of recommended books for teens because the writing is of such bad quality. ( )

First off, I'd just like to say this is probably the coolest book I've ever seen! The hardcover is awesome! The lining of the pages are silver, with cool designs on every page. Plus the cover, is like a coffin with the shadow of the main character. It's also a unique size, which just adds more to it!

Tonya Hurley's Ghostgirl was a fun read with a great plot! While some of the characters were rather stereotypical, it was still great to read about Charlotte and her "quest to popularity" even when she's dead. The basis of the plot was an original placed within today's high school setting.

Charlotte, the main character, got on my nerves some of the time, she needed to get over herself. But that's just part of the story.

With her debut novel, Tonya Hurley definately put a new spin on that of the afterlife. ( )

This book garnered starred reviews from Kirkus, VOYA, Publisher's Weekly, and School Library Journal and hit the new york times best seller list instantly! I loved every minute of it and found it hysterical and profound, all at the same time. I could not put it down! I hope there are many more in this genius series! ( )