The #1 New York Times bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator Raina Telgemeier returns with her highly anticipated, full-color fictional graphic novel Ghosts. Set against the atmospheric backdrop of coastal Northern California, Raina has masterfully created a moving and insightful story about the power of family and friendship, and how it gives us the courage to do what we never thought possible.
Why we like it: When Catrina and her family need to move because of her little sister, Maya’s cystic fibrosis, she’s not happy, but together they explore their new town and learn there are ghosts in Bahia de la Luna and a Day of the Dead celebration. Telgemeier has found an important niche in the children’s book work of graphic novels and her avid fans as well as readers new to her work are sure to be captured by this story.