Bug has just lost their favorite uncle and now it seems that he has come back to haunt Bug, or maybe Uncle Roderick is trying to tell Bug something? This is not a scary ghost story, more atmospheric-ghost story that addresses identity and acceptance and family and grief.
The cast of characters is great. Loved the main character, Bug, loved the mom, and loved the best friend Mo (who has decided to go by her full name, Moira, to start middle school). Moira is also dealing with her own struggle to fit in and is trying to help Bug but in all the ways that are not helpful (nail polish and make overs). One of my favorite parts was the way the mom talked to the principal, her words could be helpful for anyone else needing to know what to say to school administrators.

Spoiler

In true middle grade fashion, everything works out in the end. But I think that is okay for this book, you want everything to be okay. You want to hope this is the experience an eleven year old would have

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I loved the author’s note and how Lukoff explains that if you tell other people exactly what this book is about you “might feel like taking away your friend’s chance to fully experience the story.”

18 million stars out of 10. More later.

this book was so beautiful in every way oh my god a positive trans story with no discrimination or negativity around it is so refreshing. i love this book so bad