Everything you need to understand or teach Leigh Howard and the Ghosts of Simmons-Pierce Manor by Shawn M. Warner.
Told from the third-person perspective of its titular heroine, Leigh Howard and the Ghosts of Simmons-Pierce Manor is a young adult fiction novel telling the story of Leigh Howard, a recent orphan investigating the mysterious circumstances of her parents death while navigating her new life in the Simmons-Pierce manor and her new family, along with the manor's multifaceted ghost, Ichabod Pierce. As Leigh tries to discern friend from foe, she discovers a startling conspiracy. The novel deals with themes of family, trauma, and grief.