The "School ghost" was the best young adult book in Latvian, that I came across this past summer. The 15 year old Kaspars has had to move in with his grandmother in a different city, because his parents are working in Ireland. (The effects on families of large parts of the population leaving to work outside of the country are yet to be seen.) I had a sense that the author really understood or remembered the struggle to fit in at school, not be bullied. It has been some months, but if I recall correctly, the main issue was bullying - an ongoing problem of childhood that is being addressed worldwide.
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