There's a Dead Person Following My Sister around

When Ted"s five-year-old sister, Vicki, invents an imaginary friend, no one is too concerned . . . except that Vicki"s friend has the never-popular name of Marella, and unlike most imaginary friends, Marella can move things. Ted might think Marella is a ghost, but why would a ghost haunt Vicki, of all people? And why would she suddenly move into a house Ted"s family has lived in for ages? And why is Marella terrified of another ghost, a dark figure who seems to be hunting Ted? Hilarious, haunting, and unexpectedly moving, There"s a Dead Person Following My Sister Around is Vivian Vande Velde at her frightening best.

Eleven-year-old Ted becomes concerned and intrigued when his five-year-old sister Vicki begins receiving visits from two female ghosts, former slaves from the era before the Civil War. By the author of Companions of the Night.