At first, she’s rather helpful, with tests, homework, even boys! But Anya knows something is not quite right … and maybe this other-world friend isn’t exactly on her side.īefore Anya loses her own life – as troubled as she once thought it was, she’s gonna find out soon enough how good she has it! – she’s got some careful sleuthing to do, including depending on some Luddite equipment to get to the truth. Especially not a new friend who’s been dead for a century. But three days later, Anya knows she’s not just seeing things … because the ghost is suddenly following Anya around. Anya's Ghost Vera Brosgol 3.91 82,776 ratings6,617 reviews Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Best Graphic Novels & Comics (2011) Of all the things Anya expected to find at the bottom of an old well, a new friend was not one of them. When Anya is rescued, she hopes she’s left the apparition – no matter how initially friendly! – far, far behind. The well might be dried up but it’s certainly not deserted … as a girl’s ghost, lonely for 90 years, appears … It’s dark, it’s sarcastic, and it’s full of horror-adjacent content. When I started reading it, I understood why. One of my students told me to read this because I’d really like it. Unhappily distracted on her walk home – her immigrant mother’s fatty cooking, her growing body, her less-than-ideal only friend, her unrequited love for the school jock, her disdain for that other Russian immigrant with whom she has absolutely nothing in common, no FOB is she! – Anya falls down a well. Spooky, sardonic, and secretly sincere, Anya’s Ghost is a wonderfully entertaining debut from author/artist Vera Brosgol.
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