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Ophie's Ghosts

Justina Ireland

Ages: 9+

Published: 2021

Publisher: Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins

ISBN: 978-0-06-291589-4

Keywords: Pittsburgh, ghost stories, multi-genre, adventure/mystery, magical realism, science fiction, resistance, African-American, Great Migration, race, racism

In 1922, after her father is lynched in Georgia, 12-year-old Ophie and her mother move to Pittsburgh, where ghosts reveal deaths rooted in racism -- and opportunities for justice.