The Ghost in Apartment 2R

Two boys and girl look at something aganist the backdrop of apartment buildings with a ghost of a girl in one of the apartment windows
Denis Markell

It stinks that Danny's older brother moved out and went to college. But you know what's worse? He left behind an angry ghost in his room!

With the help of his friends Nat and Gus, Danny interviews everyone in his Brooklyn neighborhood to find out about spirits. Is it an Arabian ghoul? A Korean gwishin? A Polish haunting? Maybe the answer lies with Danny's own bubbe and her tales of a dybbuk, a Jewish mythological ghost. Regardless of its origins, what does the spirit truly want? And can Danny manage to bring the phantom to rest?

Award Years
2021-2022
Award Category
SC Children's Book Award