{"product_id":"a-dead-thing-like-me-9780823461066","title":"A (Dead) Thing Like Me","description":"\u003cb\u003eA teenage ghost in love with life becomes bound to the house of the grieving artist who summoned her via Ouija board in this darkly funny YA paranormal.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne hot dog with banana peppers. That's all Hot Dog wants. An invisible teenage ghost, she haunts a food cart outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUntil one night, she's accidentally summoned via Ouija board to a house party in Florida . . . where finally finally finally, people can see her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll the party guests scatter, except for Logan: the cool artist girl who doesn't just \u003ci\u003esee\u003c\/i\u003e Hot Dog, she actually wants to \u003ci\u003etalk\u003c\/i\u003e to her. Logan, who isn't scared of Hot Dog's stitched mouth or chattering dress. Logan, who's grieving her own dead BFF--and called Hot Dog by mistake. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHot Dog wants to prove it's not a mistake. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe can be Logan's new best friend. She can go to Logan's Halloween party. She can eat snacks, have sleepovers, and hang out. She can \u003ci\u003edefinitely\u003c\/i\u003e smile without scaring people. Exactly like a real, human girl. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere's one problem: Hog Dog's not a real, living human girl, and something in Logan's sprawling house knows it. It scratches like rats in the walls. It opens a secret door in Logan's attic. It wants to drag Hot Dog into the nothingness where dead things go. And unless Hot Dog can confront the dark truth of how she died, it will unmake Logan too. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGorgeously strange and stunningly written, this YA paranormal masterfully melds camp and creep into a beyond-the-grave coming-of-age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Holiday House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/18\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780823461066\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2026 pg. 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"E. G. Young","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52733455532213,"sku":"9780823461066","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-dead-thing-like-me-9780823461066","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}