Name: Finding Gilbert
Author: Robin Martin

Category: Review

Genres: Fantasy, Ghost Stories, Young Adult

May knows she is different — she can see ghosts. She just didn't expect to meet one in her school library when she decided to skip class. At first she is totally freaked out, but then she learns this boy ghost needs her help. Gilbert doesn't know who he is or why he only appears when a book on Australian horses is opened. Despite the fact that May has tried to block out her psychic abilities, she decides to find out. After all, it's the only interesting thing that's happened to her since she moved to this beachside town from her beloved Melbourne. But, as she begins to search for Gilbert's identity, May discovers answers she never really expects. They are two teens from two different eras, and yet they find a connection. In finding Gilbert, May not only learns about his troubled past, but comes to terms with her own.

Robin Martin’s book, Finding Gilbert, was an interesting read. Finding Gilbert tells the story of a “loner” girl named May and her encounter with the ghost of a young boy who died in WWI. Both of whom carried their own unique guilt which affected their lives in two tangibly different ways. As the story progressed, so did my connection to the main characters, and my need to keep turning those pages to find out what would happen next. In the end, I enjoyed the story very much. The characters were well written. I particularly like how Robin Martin brought ghosts and family together.

Now, this shouldn’t be a spoiler, but the book does point out the waste of human life for which war is responsible. It shows that we need to be thankful for what we have, our families, our freedoms.

I’d definitely recommend this book.

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