Watch Over Me

From the Printz Award-winning author of We Are Okay comes a gripping (Kirkus Reviews) modern ghost story about an orphan who accepts a remote teaching job in order to try and find her place in the world. A painfully compelling gem from a masterful creator. Booklist, starred review Moving, unsettling, and full of atmospheric beauty. School Library Journal, starred review Mila is used to being alone. Maybe that s why she said yes. Yes to a second chance in this secluded place, among the flowers and the fog and the crash of waves far below. But she hadn t known about the ghosts. Newly graduated from high school, Mila has aged out of the foster care system. So when she s offered a teaching job and a place to live on an isolated part of the Northern California coast, she immediately accepts. Maybe she will finally find a new home a real home. The farm is a refuge, but it s also haunted by the past. And Mila s own memories are starting to rise to the surface.