Good story, a little creepier than I was expecting. Also, a little more woo-woo than I anticipated (I'm down for some woo-woo, I just didn't expect it in a realistic fiction story). Very ghost, good family relationships, good in the kindness department, and I LOVE how Sarah's mom is willing to go to mat with grandma over the inappropriateness of switching. Also addresses the horrifying conditions of Jim Crow and church burning and lynching in a kid-appropriate way -- as much as it can be. ( )

A fun ghost story tempered with the more serious history of white/back relations of the past, suspenseful, just enough scare for this age level. Some populations will have problems with the ghosts, digging up Abner’s grave, Mrs. Whitney’s spiritual workings to heal the haints. Along the lines of “The Parker Inheritance.” ( )