Great for ghost story lovers - very creepy! Feels like it COULD be considered realistic fiction.

Starts with death of an uncle who was like a parent to the main character (lived with mother and child since shortly after child's birth when father died in accident).

Description from Author's Note: "It’s about a kid being haunted by the ghosts of their dead uncle into figuring out something important! It’s kind of a scary story, and also a sad story but with a mostly happy ending, and it’s about figuring out how to make friends, being who you are, and letting go of someone you love."

Spoiler

Good representation of a trans child who is not aware of being trans from an early age. Not all trans kids know from an early age.

Coming out experience, once the MC realizes he is trans, is positive. Best friend is super supportive and says mostly all the right things, mom super supportive, new school admin super supportive (they even have all-gender restrooms sprinkled throughout the school and make it sound like bullying will not be a problem), new friends supportive, classmates from elementary school now at middle school supportive). This is somewhat balanced by information from PFLAG and other documents the MC finds in uncle's stuff that give examples of not-so-supportive coming out experiences. It's a nice aspirational situation, and it might not necessarily feel entirely realistic.