May Bird and The Ever After by Jodi Lynn Anderson

Book Description- "Most people aren't very comfortable in the woods, but the woods of Briery Swamp fit May Bird like a fuzzy mitten. There she is safe from school and the taunts and teases of kids who don't understand her. Hidden in the trees, May is a warrior princess, and her cat, Somber Kitty, is her brave guardian. Then May falls into the lake.When she crawls out, May finds herself in a world that most certainly does not feel like a fuzzy mitten. In fact, it is a place few living people have ever seen. Here towns glow blue beneath zipping stars, and the people- the people?- walk through walls. Here the Book of The Dead holds the answers to everything in the universe. And here, if May is discovered, the horrifyingly evil Bo Cleevil will turn her into nothing. May Bird must get out. Fast."
     This book is geared towards the younger crowd, but honestly, I loved it! It's just a fun fantasy story about the supernatural. A girl on a journey through many realms in hopes of finding herself. She travels with her kitty companion, along with a few friends she meets along the way. May Bird becomes best friends with a timid ghost with a pumpkin shaped head, naturally of course, named Pumpkin. This book teaches that sometimes, being different can be just what you, and the world, needs most.