2008 novel by Tonya Hurley
ghostgirl is the debut novel from author and filmmaker Tonya Hurley. It is the story of high school senior "Charlotte Usher", The young teenager dreams of becoming popular in school, but before she gets the chance of that OR asking Damen out, she dies from choking on a gummy bear. The young adult novel was published on August 1, 2008, by Little, Brown and Company, and hit the New York Times Bestseller list, Chapter Books, on September 14, 2008.[1] ghostgirl has been printed in several different languages around the world, including Spanish and French.[citation needed] It was followed by a sequel in July 2009 called ghostgirl: Homecoming,[citation needed] and a third book, ghostgirl: Lovesick was released in July 2010.[citation needed]
The audiobook releases of ghostgirl (released August 2009)[citation needed] and ghostgirl: Homecoming (released November 2009),[citation needed] from Recorded Books in 2009, are read by actress Parker Posey and feature a score by Vince Clarke of Erasure fame.[2]