Ghost Friends Forever #1 - Softcover

Kane, Kata; Gallagher, Monica

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1629918024 ISBN 13: 9781629918020

Publisher: NBM/Papercutz, 2017

Synopsis

Sophia Campos is only just getting used to her new life with her divorced dad and managing their business of helping ghosts, when she meets a ghost girl who changes everything. Not because she’s a ghost - but because of what it brings out in Sophia.

Soon her brother, her best friend, her old crush Jake, and her parents are all entangled together on solving the case of the dead girl. Because she’s not just any average ghost girl. She also holds a piece of the puzzle to something Sophia cares about very much -what was the paranormal event that caused her parents to split up in the first place?

Ghost Friends Forever brings together YALSA-nominated writer Monica Gallagher and rising star Kata Kane. For fans of Nancy Drew and Scooby-Doo.

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About the Author

MONICA GALLAGHER is an indie creator with over ten years experience making comics and illustrations with a positive, feminist spin. She has worked for Oni Press, Vertigo, andValiant, and as well as self-published several of her own mini-comics and books

KATA KANE is an illustrator, designer, and comic book artist best known as the creator of "Altar Girl," an all-ages manga style graphic novel and ongoing webcomic series commended as the "cute shoujo manga with a spine of steel!" (Girls Like Comics)

From School Library Journal

Gr 4–6—Fifteen-year-old Sophia Greene-Campos's parents divorced last year. Now she lives with her dad, while her brother Felix lives with their mom. Felix didn't take the divorce well, and his best friend Jake broke up with Sophia at the same time. However, Sophia is determined to carry on with the family business of paranormal investigations. When she encounters Whitney, a ghost who needs help moving on, she decides to tackle the case on her own. But her attempts to solve it are complicated by her crush on Whitney. The story keeps readers busy working out the double mystery of why Sophia's parents divorced and what caused the other girl's death. A few surprises near the end will have readers hoping for a sequel. Illustrations are done in rich colors, with flashbacks set off by a more subdued palette, and swirls of purple indicating when spells are cast. Although the characters have different skin tones and hair colors, they all look fairly similar in age—even the parents and teachers seem more like college kids than thirtysomethings. VERDICT A mix of mystery and romance, perfect for middle grade readers who enjoy urban fantasy.—Suzanne Costner, Fairview Elementary School, Maryville, TN

About this edition

• Publisher: NBM/Papercutz
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1629918024
• ISBN 13: 9781629918020
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96