Can the spirits of the dead ease her worries about her sister's mortality and answer Maya's questions about ghosts? With Dia de los Muertos approaching, Cat must put aside her fears for not only her sister's sake but also her own. Maya is eager about the ghosts and wants to meet them but Cat is terrified of them and it only gets worse when Maya's health is in jeopardy after an encounter with the ghosts goes wrong. The family is hoping that the sea air will benefit her younger sister Maya, who has cystic fibrosis, but their neighbor Carlos tells them what the town is really known for: ghosts. Catrina 'Cat' Allende-Delmar and her family are moving from sunny southern California to Bahia de la Luna, a northern California town by the sea where the sun shines only sixty-two days a year. They made me feel like I wasn't so alone.Ghosts is an award-winning 2016 graphic novel written by Raina Telgemeier. 'I really identified with the girls in Ghost World. 'The most readable comic of the year.' – Time Magazine's 'Best of 2000' ' spells out the realities of teen angst as powerfully and authentically as salinger did in The Catcher in the Rye for an eariler generation.' – The Village Voice 'If there was ever a comic book story meant to be examined by non-comics fans, it's this, a classic in any medium.' – The Onion 'Dan Clowes is a master storyteller and artist - there's poetry in every panel.' – Dave Eggers I think it's one of the best books about adolescence written.' – Michael Chabon Ranked #10, 'The 25 Greatest Gen X Books of All Time,' Details (2009)

Ranked #6, 'The 20 Best Graphic Novels of the Decade,' Paste Magazine (2009) This graphic novel is a must for any self-respecting comics fan's library.ġ998 Ignatz Award Winner, Outstanding Graphic Novel or Collection Adapted into a major motion picture directed by Terry Zwigoff (director of the acclaimed documentary Crumb), which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Daniel Clowes is one of the most respected cartoonists of his generation, and Ghost World is his magnum opus.

Originally serialized in the pages of the seminal comic book Eightball throughout the mid-1990s, this quasi-autobiographical story (the name of one of the protagonists is famously an anagram of the author's name) follows the adventures of two teenage girls, Enid and Becky, two best friends facing the prospect of growing up, and more importantly, apart.

Ghost World has become a cultural and generational touchstone, and continues to enthrall and inspire readers over a decade after its original release as a graphic novel.

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