Ghosts

"Ghosts is the latest comic from Raina Telgemeier, and darn it if her books don’t just keep getting better. She’s got a real connection with middle-graders who are skirting puberty and having just as much fun with it as you did (amirite?). Ghosts tells the story of Cat and her little sister Maya, who’ve moved to the spooky and beautifully drawn Northern California town of Bahia de la Luna — it’s windswept and wet and the sun rarely shines, but the ocean air is meant to help with Maya’s cystic fibrosis. Maya is exuberant and outgoing despite the illness; Cat is more withdrawn and protective. Cat and Maya come face to face with two scary things: a cute boy, and some ghosts that frequent the town. What follows is a wonderful experience from panel to panel — and the rare book that doesn’t talk down to middle schoolers about death."