It starts when Sunshine moves to a boring, rainy town with her mother, who she gets along with really well, into an oldish house. The first night, she hears a child's laughter, and running. Sunshine soon decides that there is a ghost child living with them, and she makes friends, playing games, and having fun. But one night, she, and her mother, Kat, are watching a movie, when the lights go out. And it sounds like her ghost friend is in trouble. They hear screaming and scratching coming from the bathroom, and what looks like blood runs out the door. The next day, her mother doesn't remember any of it...and she doesn't believe Sunshine when she tells her about the ghost. Soon, Sunshine meets a friend named Nolan, and he helps her. Together, they study the odd behaviour of Kat, and they discover something troubling about Sunshine's past. And it all comes down to the final moment.
As I read this, I got more scared as I went along, especially when I got to the part about the bathroom. It could have been because it was my first scary book, or it could have been genuine, but I felt like it wasn't cliche, and it was pretty original for the most part.
I think that the author could have added more about the neighbourhood, and why the ghost hadn't left the house.
If you get scared easily, I suggest fourteen to read The Haunting of Sunshine Girl. If you are like a rock, nine would the maximum, in my opinion, but there are no bad words or innapropriate behaviour, the only element is scariness.
As I read, this book easily became my favourite book, along with The Mysterious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime.
-- by Raven
-- by Raven
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