May Bird and the Ever After

The book I'm reading right now is called May Bird and the Ever After. It's about a girl named May Ellen Bird who has no friends, but loves to explore. She explores a old Post Office and finds a letter addressed to HER from 1983!

The next day, she goes into the forest and finds a lake. She feels hands pulling her down into the water but her cat, Somber Kitty, saves her. Her curiosity got the best of her the next day. She decided to go back in the lake and find out what was pulling her.

As a result, she ends up in a world where there is a strict rule. The rule is, living people are not allowed in the Ever After (The Ever After is a place for spirits who died in the past). There are portals at the corners of the Ever After which is guarded by Water Spirits. Water Spirits guard the portals from Living Ones (that's what living people were called in the book).

Bo Cleevil is the villain (He controls the Ever After). At the end, May makes it back to her home by reading the Book of the Dead. (The Book of the Dead tells how to accomplish your goal).