Marly's Ghost

Marly's Ghost offers a poignant and accessible exploration of grief, love, and redemption for young adults. David Levithan masterfully reinterprets Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, setting it on Valentine's Day as protagonist Ben grapples with the sudden death of his girlfriend, Marly. Through encounters with four guiding spirits, Ben is forced to confront his memories, his present bitterness, and the potential future without Marly. This novel provides a sensitive framework for discussing loss, the complexities of relationships, and the difficult but necessary process of moving forward. It's a story about finding hope and learning to live again after profound sadness.

Two of children's literature's brightest stars present this compelling novel about loss that puts a modern twist on Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol. When his girlfriend Marly dies, Ben takes a painful journey through Valentine's Days past, present, and future. Young Adult. The spirit of Ben's girlfriend Marly returns with three other ghosts to haunt him with a painful journey though Valentine's Days past, present, and future, in a twist to the Dickens classic.