Ghosts

Ghosts
By Raina Telgemeier
Reviewed by Trinity

The book I decided to review for my September book review is Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier. I choose the book because Raina Telgemeier is of my favorite authors.I love graphic novels and that is her speciality. I have read six of her graphic novels. I cannot explain why I love Raina Telgemeier novels so much, it is something about her writing that appeals to me.

 Why did I decide to read Ghosts? Because Ghost was one of Raina Telegemier’s books I had not read yet. I must admit when I first saw the title, I thought the book was going to be creepy. Much to my surprise, the book was not creepy at all. The book was really good because the plot takes you through ups and downs. I would rate Ghosts a 8 out of 10 stars. The only downside of the book, I felt it took too long to get the point of the book. In one portion of the book, one of the characters dies and it is not how it happened. The fact that I could not figure out how the character died, really bugged me! Besides that in my opinion the book was really good.

Ghosts is about two sisters named Maya and Catrinia. Everyone calls Catrinia, Cat for short. Maya is the youngest and she unfortunately suffers from a health condition called cystic fibroisis. Cat is trying to get use to living with this condition and a result of her illness her family moves. The change in climate may help with Cat’s cystic fibrosis.

Maya and Cat’s family move to Bahia De La Luna, California. As Cat and Maya explore the city of Bahia De La Luna they discover new adventures. These adventures lead them to learn about their heritage. One of their adventures, leads them to seeing their ancestors who have crossed-over to the afterlife. That is why the book is titled Ghosts.

One of the strengths of the book were the illustrations. The pictures were very detailed and the colors popped from the pages. Another strength was the plot of the novel. The plot was really good and at times, it was hard to put the book down at times.One of the weaknesses of the book was it took a long time to get to the climax or point of the novel.

 Overall, I would recommend that people read Ghosts. One of the things the book shows, even when you have not met your ancestors, a part of them will always be with you. I thought the book was comforting and was easy to read. I would recommend that everyone read this graphic novel by RainTelgemeier.