Ghost Roast: A Graphic Novel

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

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Versify
Published: 01/02/2024
ISBN: 9780358141815
Pages: 224
Weight: 1.09lbs
Size: 8.26h x 5.98w x 0.54d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 10/23/2023
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2023
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2023
Booklist 02/01/2024 pg. 45
School Library Journal 02/01/2024 pg. 104