Mirror Girls

 I've been on hiatus for a while, overwhelmed with teaching and taking college classes. But I am back to recommend excellent books to you! In today's post, I bring to you Mirror Girls by Kelly McWilliams. I  recently read this spine-tingling book, and let me tell you - it is suspenseful! This historical fiction novel has magical realism and some pretty scary ghosts. Twin girls are separated when young due to the difference in their skin color. Charlie is dark-skinned; she is sent to live with her grandmother in Harlem. Magnolia is light-skinned; she is sent to live with her grandmother in the South. Their lives are incredibly different. Neither girl knows about the other, and neither girl is aware of the terrible event that led to their separation as babies. Charlie, a black rights activist, is brought by her grandma to meet her sister, Magnolia, who has been passing as a white heiress to a plantation fortune. Both girls have life as they know it uprooted, and the spirits are looking for hell to pay. Will Magnolia choose to remain in her privileged life in the South? Will Charlie help eradicate the demon ghosts that haunt Heathwood Manor? This was a very exciting and suspenseful book. I am pleased to recommend it to anyone interested in a young adult novel set in the Civil Rights Era with a heavy theme regarding the strength of families, the paranormal, or just looking for a great read!

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See the Amazon synopsis here.