# There's a Dead Person Following My Sister Around

**Author:** Vivian Vande Velde
**Grade range:** Grades 6–8
**Age range:** 11–13
**First published:** 1999
**Page count:** 143
**Genre:** Horror
**ISBN-13:** `9780152021009`
**ISBN-10:** `0152021000`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/theres-a-dead-person-following-my-sister-around
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Themes

- ghosts
- brothers and sisters
- slavery
- underground railroad

## Where this book is assigned

### Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award

- **recommended** · 6th grade · Maryland — [source: Maryland Association of School Librarians — Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 2002 winner (Grades 6-8)](https://www.maslmd.org/past-winners)
- **recommended** · 7th grade · Maryland — [source: Maryland Association of School Librarians — Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 2002 winner (Grades 6-8)](https://www.maslmd.org/past-winners)
- **recommended** · 8th grade · Maryland — [source: Maryland Association of School Librarians — Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 2002 winner (Grades 6-8)](https://www.maslmd.org/past-winners)

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