A Starred Review for Nothing but Ghosts

The boy leaned forward to prepare himself for the quick dash across the plaza. Leaned forward, spread his wings. He was surprised by his own speed. He laughed. He never thought he'd get so far.

Yesterday I was in my post-vacation panic—piled high with work, looking ahead with consternation—when an e-mail slipped in from Ruta Rimas, my new editor at HarperTeen. There had been a starred review of Nothing but Ghosts from the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, she wrote, an especially b