Anya's Ghost in Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge

Nov 13, 2018 Bobbi rated it liked it

Shelves: 2018

I'm a Supernatural fan...and SPN canon bleeds into other things.
Like books where teenager takes home a bone by accident and then keeps it.
The rest of the book I was like, duh-ghosts are not our friends!

But then I kicked my SPN brain to the curb and focus on the story. The angst of teenage years I could connect with but add with that angst is the being an immigrant. Of how cruel kids can be, even without aiming to be sometimes.

This was a melancholy look at friendships and fitting in and yes, ...more

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Dec 26, 2012 Danielle rated it really liked it

Shelves: graphicnovels, 2012

I thoroughly enjoyed this creepy story about a disassociated teen and her weird pet ghost. It's very solidly paced snd is a part teen drama, part coming of age story, part soft-horror. ...more

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Nov 20, 2011 Jessica Haider rated it really liked it

Shelves: ghosts-n-stuff, graphic-novels, fantasy, young-adult

My second graphic novel of the day. This is what happens when you are under the weather and don't feel like venturing outdoors.

"Anya's Ghost" is a graphic novel targeted at the young adult set. The title character Anya, is a teenage Russian immigrant attending an American private school. She has only one friend and not a very good one at that...until she falls down a well and stumbles across a ghost. The ghost decides to be Anya's new best friend. Think standard high school fare with a ghost th ...more

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Aug 11, 2011 Kate rated it it was amazing

Smart. Funny. A little scary.

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Feb 20, 2022 Ana rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, ghost-story, graphic-novel, 2022, 2022-wriye, 2022-february, 2022-readathon-aty-1

Good ghost story

I really liked this one. The graphics were great and I liked the characters. The ghost story got creepy after a bit, so that was fun.

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