Company

About
Contact
FAQ

Legal

Privacy Policy
Terms of Service

© 2026 Winking Fig LLC. All rights reserved.

Marly's Ghost by David Levithan | Winking Fig

Cover of Marly's Ghost by David Levithan

Marly's Ghost

2005·198 pages·young adult

eerie ghost stories haunting

Two of children's literature's brightest stars present this compelling novel about loss that puts a modern twist on Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol. When his girlfriend Marly dies, Ben takes a painful journey through Valentine's Days past, present, and future. Young Adult.

↗Buy on Amazon ↗Buy on Bookshop

Cover of Marly's Ghost by David Levithan

↗Buy on Amazon ↗Buy on Bookshop

↗Find at a library (WorldCat)

Marly's Ghost

Year

2005

Pages

198

Audience

young adult

Fantasy Horror Literary Fiction Romance

Tags

eerie ghost stories haunting

Description

Two of children's literature's brightest stars present this compelling novel about loss that puts a modern twist on Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol. When his girlfriend Marly dies, Ben takes a painful journey through Valentine's Days past, present, and future. Young Adult.

What to read after Marly's Ghost.

Tell us what you’re craving.

Books That Feel Like This

The Afterlife of Holly Chase

The Afterlife of Holly Chase

Cynthia Hand

Dark Souls

Dark Souls

Paula Morris

Good Spirits

Good Spirits

B. K. Borison

The Library of Shadows

The Library of Shadows

Rachel Moore

I Heart You, You Haunt Me

I Heart You, You Haunt Me

Lisa Schroeder

The Ghost and the Goth

The Ghost and the Goth

Stacey Kade

The Haunted House

The Haunted House

Charles Dickens

The Twelve Days of Dash & Lily

The Twelve Days of Dash & Lily

Rachel Cohn

One Christmas Morning

One Christmas Morning

Rachel Greenlaw

A Heart for Christmas: My Advent Novel

A Heart for Christmas

Sophie Jomain

Twelve Months and a Day

Twelve Months and a Day

Louisa Young

The Chaos of Standing Still

The Chaos of Standing Still

Jessica Brody