Cast No Shadow

Cast No Shadow by Nick Tapalansky & Anissa Espinosa, 213 pages

Greg was born with no shadow.  Kids used to tease him about it until his best friend, Layla, started discouraging them.  Greg’s life isn’t bad, except for his mom dying and his dad’s new girlfriend moving in.  Oh, and Layla becoming more than friends with Jake, who used to be one of Greg’s biggest tormentors but, after an encounter with Layla, decided he wanted to be Greg’s new best friend.  But Greg’s life becomes crazy when he and Layla visit the haunted house in town and Greg actually meets the ghost, who is a beautiful teen named Eleanor.  Greg is the only one who sees her, and the two hit it off immediately.  Unfortunately, their encounter sets off a bizarre chain of events that they must figure out a way to stop before the entire town is destroyed.  This was a great graphic novel, very well done.  It was funny and a little scary.  I would highly recommend it to teens looking for non-manga graphic novels.