Taxi Ghost by Sophie Escabasse
ISBN: 0593565983
Genres: Supernatural
Format: Graphic Novel
Source: MSL Book Review
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“Taxi Ghost” is a middle grade graphic novel by Sophie Escabasse. Adele is a girl who has just started to see ghosts! She learns that members of her family have had this trait in the past, including her grandmother, who has sworn off helping ghosts and now actively tries to repel them. Adele isn’t sure what she wants to do about it, so she starts talking to some of the ghosts that she sees and finds out that they are worried about gentrification in the city and she may be able to help.

Themes in the book include coming of age, family, making decisions that are right for you, and the issues of gentrification. Illustrations are fun and bright and add to the humorous nature of the book. A recommended purchase for middle grade graphic novel collections, especially where Escabasse’s “Witches of Brooklyn” series is popular.

Reviewed by Kate Radke, Walker Memorial Library, Westbrook, ME.