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Patrick Ness FRSL (born 17 October 1971) is an American-British author, journalist, lecturer, and screenwriter. Born in the United States, Ness moved to London and holds dual citizenship. He is best known for his books for young adults, including the Chaos Walking (2008–2010) trilogy and A Monster Calls (2011). Ness won the annual Carnegie Medal in 2011 and 2012 for Monsters of Men and A Monster Calls. He is one of seven writers to win two Medals and the second to win consecutively. He wrote the screenplay of the 2016 film adaptation of A Monster Calls and was the creator and writer of the Doctor Who spin-off series Class. Description above from the Wikipedia article Patrick Ness, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
It was originally in production, but it got shelved. Annushka Borzakovskaya (Anya for short) is from Russia and lives in a small New England town with her single mother and her little brother. Because of what she and her family went through, she is crass and cynical. She put herself on an extreme "thin girl" diet and learned to speak without her accent. Anya is a social outcast at her private school. Sometimes, she likes to find a place where no one's looking and smoke a cigarette. One day, while going for a walk by herself in the woods, she accidentally falls down a deep well with no water in it, and sprains her ankle. What's even worse is that at the bottom of the well, there is... a SKELETON! Anya tries calling for help, but no one can hear her. While waiting in actual pain, she finds a bright light coming from... a GHOST! A girl named Emily, who is about Anya's age. She's the ghost of that skeleton. Apparently, Emily died of thirst after falling down the well 90 years ago. Eventually, help does come, and Anya is relieved. But soon after coming home, Anya sees that the ghost, Emily, has FOLLOWED HER! Her ghost can't go anywhere without her bones being moved. Somehow, a finger bone slipped into Anya's backpack, so now Emily gets to go wherever Anya goes. Eventually, Anya discovers that having a ghost friend is quite beneficial. While becoming best friends with her, Anya must also solve the mystery of Emily's death.
