Ghosts

by Raina Telgemeier
PRMS paperback 240 pages
genre: YA graphic novel, supernatural layered on realistic

Wow! Another fabulous book by Telgemeier! In this story, the family is moving because Maya has cystic fibrosis and will benefit from a different climate. Older sister Catrina loves Maya and understands the move, but she isn't happy about leaving her home and her friends.

I just decided that I don't feel like blogging any more of this. It's a wonderful story, though I'm not typically a "day of the dead" / ghosts / celebrating with skeletons kind of gal. Telgemeier makes it work. I can think of many of my readers who will love this book and want to visit the town in Northern California to visit with ghosts themselves! (Though I'm pretty sure that Bahia de la Luna is a fictional town.)

Sisters

by Raina Telgemeier
PRMS hardcover 198 pages
genre: YA graphic novel memoir

Love her work! This one tells of a roadtrip with mom, Raina, little sister, and little brother. Delightful mix of humor and pathos. Wonderful artwork and storytelling. Another growing-up gem!

Drama

by Raina Telgemeier
PRMS paperback 233 pages
genre: YA graphic novel, realistic fiction

Callie is a seventh grader who loves theatre, but tends to stay backstage. She and her friend Liz are designing sets and costumes (respectively) for their middle school's production of Moon Over Mississippi. The drama is both offstage and on. It includes romance, broken hearts, unrequited love, and coming-out stories. It is well-written and drawn.