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Don't deny Ghost, you must look like the ghost in your avatar.

^I have legs and hair.

The ghost power of invisibility is something I would make good use of when I see someone I feel threatened by or just someone I wanna avoid. That would be very handy indeed!
I'm assuming ghosts can only insta travel to where they live, so while that would be useful in order to get home, that would be about it, unless I'm missing something. If I could use it to go further, I'd use it to visit a place with turtles.

If not insta travel, I can at least float around and never need a vehicle. Since I don't drive, that would be very useful.

It sure would make traveling to the library very easy. All I would need is to carry the bag holding returns and check-outs.

^ Means that you're supposed to be visible to the librarians ?

No, I couldn't put the books and DVDs inside myself. Besides, I can become visible or solid at will. They say you can't have it both ways, but I am not a typical ghost.

The part about not being a typical ghost, made me think of a book I read some years ago, "The Hunt for the Seventh" by Christine Morton-Shaw.

^Never heard of it. What is it about?

Another excellent sci-fi author. Does the name Ursula K. LeGuin ring a bell?

Afraid not. Tell me about them, please?

Yes! Ursula Le Guin is one of my favourite authors! My favourite of hers is the Earthsea Cycle.

I've never heard about that.

^I highly suggest you read them! Here's the whole series list:
A Wizard of Earthsea
The Tombs of Atuan
The Farthest Shore
Tehanu
Tales of Earthsea
The Other Wind

What are they about?

I'll just give you the description from Good reads:
"A haunted mansion. Six dead children. A garden of statues.

With every step he takes around the carefully manicured grounds of Minerva Hall, Jim is haunted by the ghosts of children, long dead, whom no one else can see. Urging him to "find the Seventh," the children leave him cryptic clues pointing to a devastating ancient prophecy that only he can stop from being fulfilled.

Jim befriends another boy--Einstein, who lives at the Hall. Einstein is autistic and very, very smart. If anyone can help Jim find the Seventh, perhaps he can--Einstein clearly knows more than he is saying. At the same time, the dead children seem to be leaving Jim some sort of macabre treasure trail.

If Jim doesn't figure out the clues, innocent people will die. But how can Jim find the answers while the dangers of the Hall grow ever more threatening? And even if he can, the real question is--is Jim already too late?

Linking ancient rites with modern mystery, Christine Morton-Shaw has crafted an eerie thriller that will keep readers guessing until its startling conclusion"

I have to admit that the reason I wanted to read it was that Einstein (not the Einstein by the way) was described as having autism. I can't help but be interested whenever a story involves someone with autism/Aspergers. I have to say that it was okay, an okay story.
I'm not bothered by its target audience being younger than me as I often prefer teen books since there is less boring filler stuff in them. They're more to the point, which I like (still have to be genres I like of course).

I tried reading the first Earthsea book but it wasn't my kind of thing to be honest.