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- Book Synopsis
- A Harvey Award Nominee!An NAACP Image Awards Nominee!A Mary Sue Best YA Graphic Novel!A 2025 CBC Best Children's Book of the Year selection! Ghost Roast delivers a paranormal adventure full of first crushes, lost histories, and the impossible task of fitting in when your dad is a professional ghosthunter, all in one stand-alone YA graphic novel from authors Shawneé and Shawnelle Gibbs and debut artist Emily Cannon!For as long as she can remember, Chelsea Grant has tried everything she can think of to distance herself from the disastrous damage her father does to her social life. It's not easy to shake her reputation as Ghost Girl when Dad keeps advertising his business as a "paranormal removal expert" in big, bold, loud letters all over New Orleans!This year, Chelsea's all grown up, attending one of the most prestigious high schools in the city, and she's finally made friends with the popular crowd. Things are looking up-until a night on the town backfires spectacularly, landing her in hot water at home.Her punishment? Working for her dad at Paranormal Removal Services. All. Summer.Worst of all, her new job reveals an unexpected secret she has to keep: While Dad hunts ghosts with his own DIY tech, Chelsea can actually see them. And when she meets Oliver, a friendly spirit, at the fancy mansion her dad is getting a handsome fee to exorcize, she realizes she has to save his afterlife, even if it risks everything her father's worked for."A wonderfully executed remix of the Classic Southern Gothic ghost story. Beautiful, romantic, exciting, and essential." -John Jennings, #1 New York Times bestselling, Eisner Award-winning illustrator of Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation
- About The Author
- Shawneé Gibbs is the co-author of Ghost Roast and the Glyph Award-nominated adventure series The Invention of E.J. Whitaker with her twin sister Shawnelle, the other half of the Gibbs Sisters writing team. She has served as a staff writer for Warner Bros. Animation and has written for DreamWorks Animation, Mattel Studios, and Disney. Originally from Oakland, California, she currently lives and plays in Los Angeles.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780358141808
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Versify, (29 February 2024)
- Number of Pages
- 224
- Weight
- 369.68 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 203 x 140 x 14 mm
- Categories:
- Types Romance Graphic Novels Fantasy esoteric Children's Fiction Children and Teenage: Contemporary Fiction Children and Teenage: Fantasy Fiction Children and Teenage: Horror and Ghost Stories Children and Teenage: Romance and Relationships General Interests and Hobbies Children and Teenage: Places and peoples Children and Teenage: Mysteries and the unexplained Children and Teenage: Diversity, equality and inclusion Children and Teenage: New Experiences and Growing Up