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Das, Mintie

Brown Girl Ghosted

289 pp. | Houghton | March, 2020 | Trade ISBN 978-0-358-12889-2 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-358-13130-4
(2) YA Sixteen-year-old Violet Choudhury is a cheerleader; the best friend of Meryl, a popular iconoclast; and a daughter who never knew her dead mother and barely sees her largely absent father. She's also one of the few people of color in Meadowdale, Illinois, and (as her mother was) a member of the Aiedeo, a group of East Indian warrior queens. When her mean-girl classmate, head cheerleader Naomi, is murdered, the Aiedeo give Violet an ultimatum--catch Naomi's killer or become a ghost. This supernatural thriller presents a main character caught in-between--between India and America, between popular and invisible, between Aiedeo and ordinary. Though the Aiedeo and their purpose could have been better explored, Das creates a credible and complex portrait of the challenges of being a teen girl. Both the supernatural and realistic components have much to say about patriarchy and its impact on young women, and while some lessons feel less than gracefully integrated, the elements about judging others too quickly ring true.
Reviewer: Christina L. Dobbs | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2020

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