Seven Dead Pirates

This ghost story written by Linda Bailey is a Great Stone Face nominee this year.  I enjoyed it immensely.  The main character is a young boy named Lewis who struggles with fitting in.  When his great-grandfather dies, he leaves his house to Lewis and his family.  Lewis soon finds out that the house is haunted by seven ghosts.  His job is to see that they get back to their ship, now in a museum.  The ghosts are quite funny and the storyline is engaging and entertaining.  In addition, the characters are unique and endearing.
(FIC BAI)

The Girl Who Drank the Moon

A town lives in sorrow and fear.  Each year they must sacrifice a child to keep the witch in the woods happy.  A baby is left but when a good witch rescues her, as she has done to all the previous babies, she mistakenly feeds her moonlight and enmagics the baby, now called Luna.  This is a beautiful fantasy adventure story of hope and love and magic, written by Kelly Barnhill. (FIC BAR). The language is beautiful, but the vocabulary is definitely for higher-level readers.  It is the winner of this year's Newbery Medal.