The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson (2012-2013)

 

Rory is from rural Louisiana and is very different from her peers at their London boarding school.  Her main issues include having to play field hockey and avoiding Charlotte, the head girl, until series of gruesome murders makes headlines for copying the Jack the Ripper crimes from over a century ago. Her school is located in the middle of the Ripper’s territory and Rory is only one who has seen the killer. She wants to help the police, but how do you catch a murderer who is a ghost?