We Can Be Heroes by Kyrie McCauley

This is a sad, but desperately needed book. Beck and Vivian don’t exactly like each other. They tolerated each other for the sake of their mutual best friend, Cassie. That was before Cassie’s ex boyfriend brought his dad’s guns to school and killed Cassie and himself. Six months later, Beck decides to paint murals all over the town in memory of Cassie. Vivian finds out what Beck is doing and starts helping her. But Bell firearms, the company responsible for Cassie’s death, is not happy with the murals, and will do anything in their power to silence the girls. But there’s one more thing…while Cassie is dead, she’s not gone. Her spirit is hiding out in Beck’s van. A moving story about gun violence, domestic abuse, and how quickly people will move on from the death of a teen girl in order to protect their guns.
Trigger warnings (possible spoilers): Death, gun violence, domestic abuse, school shooting, emotional abuse, mention of sexual assault.