The Hollow by Jessica Verday

This is another YA book I love.  I loved it so much I made sure Sleepy Hollow Cemetery was a stop on my recent road trip.  It's the first in Verday's Hollow Trilogy.

Abbey’s best friend, Kristen, has been missing for 68 days when a funeral is held with an empty casket.  The town of Sleepy Hollow has been spreading rumors about Kristen’s presumed death while Abbey is adamant her friend is not dead.  Memories of their friendship envelope Abbey; sharing a thermos of egg nog with Washington Irving and dangling their feet over the Crane River.  Outcast by her classmates, Abbey spends a great deal of time in the legendary Sleepy Hollow Cemetery where she meets her new friend Caspian.  While Abbey continues to search for answers to her friend’s death more questions arise.  You’ll love the spooky tie-in with the Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Abbey’s teenage humor.