The Girl in the Walls

The Girl in the WallsThere's a ghost in the walls, and V must decide if it is an ally or an enemy. The wrong decision could destroy her and her family. From Schneider Honor Award winning author Meg Eden Kuyatt comes a chilling and insightful novel in verse. After a hard school year, V has been sent to her Grandma Jojo's house for the summer in order to get away from it all. But unlike neurodivergent, artistic, sock collecting V, Jojo is uptight, critical, and obsessed

There's a ghost in the walls, and V must decide if it is an ally or an enemy. The wrong decision could destroy her and her family.

From Schneider Honor Award winning author Meg Eden Kuyatt comes a chilling and insightful novel-in-verse.

After a hard school year, V has been sent to her Grandma Jojo's house for the summer in order to get away from it all. But unlike neurodivergent, artistic, sock-collecting V, Jojo is uptight, critical, and obsessed with her spotless house. She doesn't get V at all. V is sure she's doomed to have the worst summer ever.

Then V starts hearing noises from inside the walls of the house... Knocks, the sounds of a girl crying, and voices echoing in the night.

When V finds a ghostly girl hiding in the walls, they seem to have an immediate connection. This might be V's chance to get back at her perfect grandmother by messing with her just a little bit.

But the buried secrets go much deeper -- and are much more dangerous -- than V even suspects. And they threaten to swallow her and her family whole if she can't find a way to uncover the truth of the girl before it's too late.

A contemporary novel-in-verse with a ghostly twist by the author of Good Different, this book is about the power -- and danger -- of secrets. The Girl in the Walls will grab you and not let go until the very last page.

Author: Meg Eden Kuyatt
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Published: 05/20/2025
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.57h x 5.88w x 0.99d
ISBN: 9781546110538
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.9
Point Value: 4
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 555439 / Girl in the Walls


Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 04/01/2025 pg. 120
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2025
Booklist 04/22/2025

About the Author

Meg Eden Kuyatt is the neurodivergent author of the Schneider Family Book Award Honor-winning Good Different, and a creative writing instructor. When she isn't writing, she's probably playing Fire Emblem. If she could be a Pokémon, she'd be Charizard. Find her online at megedenbooks.com or on Instagram at @meden_author.