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    Ghost Squad
    Ghost Squad
    Ghost Squad
    Audiobook5 hours

    Ghost Squad

    Written by Claribel A. Ortega

    Narrated by Almarie Guerra

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    About this audiobook

    Coco meets Stranger Things with a hint of Ghostbusters in this action-packed supernatural fantasy.

    For Lucely Luna, ghosts are more than just the family business.

    Shortly before Halloween, Lucely and her best friend, Syd, cast a spell that accidentally awakens malicious spirits, wreaking havoc throughout St. Augustine. Together, they must join forces with Syd's witch grandmother, Babette, and her tubby tabby, Chunk, to fight the haunting head-on and reverse the curse to save the town and Lucely's firefly spirits before it's too late.

    With the family dynamics of Coco and action-packed adventure of Ghostbusters, Claribel A. Ortega delivers both a thrillingly spooky and delightfully sweet debut novel.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherScholastic Audio Books
    Release dateApr 7, 2020
    ISBN9781338619522
    Ghost Squad
    Author

    Claribel A. Ortega

    New York Times Bestselling and award-winning author Claribel A. Ortega went from journalism student, editing her classmates' often hilarious ads and ramblings on the back page of SUNY Purchase’s Independent Newspaper, to a small-town reporter, where she enjoyed going to board of ed meetings and texting the town mayors about the line at Starbucks. Today when she’s not busy turning her obsession with eighties pop culture, magic, and video games into books, she's co-hosting the hilarious and chaotic Bad Author Book Club podcast or helping authors navigate publishing with her consulting business GifGrrl. She is a Marvel contributor and has been featured on Buzzfeed, Bustle, Good Morning America, and Deadline. Claribel’s debut middle grade novel Ghost Squad is a New York Times Bestseller and is being made into a feature film. Ghost Squad won Best in Middle Grade at the 2021 Ignyte Awards, was a Goodreads Choice Award finalist, and an International Latino book awards honorary mention for 2020. Her other titles include Witchlings (Scholastic) and the graphic novel Frizzy (First Second), winner of the 2023 Pura Belpré Award for Children's Text, with Rose Bousamra.

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    • 5/5
      Such a fun ghost story and about family and friendship!

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    • 5/5
      Awesome book and audio narrator! If you like adventure, magic, and family this is for you!
    • 5/5
      Ghost Squad is the best middle-grade ghost story I can remember reading. It’s a fast read (or listen; the audiobook is excellent), full of supernatural chills lightened up by humor and strong underpinnings of friendship and family support. The Dominican cultural influences are present and powerful, really setting the book apart.

      I highly recommend Ghost Squad for the 8-12 middle-grade set! It’ll likely appeal to readers who enjoyed Victoria Schwab’s Cassidy Blake series.

      (And honestly, I loved it as a little break from emotionally weighty adult and young adult books. Stressed-out adults: give this a shot. The audiobook’s only five hours long and it’s adorable, plus Almarie Guerra de Wilson’s narration is stellar.)
    • 5/5
      I loved this book. It was appropriate to be reading it in September! It's a beautifully written, creepy ghost story! Would read again!
    • 5/5
      This was so fun and cute! My seven year old spooky lover and I did the audio together and we both loved it! Chunk is my new favorite book cat. Even my toddler was interested, he was very excited about the fireflies. Perfect for the Fall spooky season!
    • 4/5
      It is very good just very long with little filler but it is still good and you should listen to it if you can
    • 5/5
      This was so fun! The narrator was really pleasant to listen to as well :)
    • 5/5
      Such a wonderful MG but I'm disappointed in the marketing behind it, yep Scholastic I'm looking at you because this is a lovely Latinx inspired story with a Dominican MC I'm still not sure if she is Afro-Latinx or just Latinx but for kids to see this on the synopsis would make them so content. I loved the supernatural vibes and it is a perfect read for September. Plus the narrator did a fantastic job provided just the appropriate amount of eerieness to it.
    • 4/5
      I thought this was such a great book! Once I got started it was hard to put down. I love the characters and plot of the story. I love how much culture is in this book. Plus the narration for the audiobook was spot on.