What is the summary of Ghosts?

Ghosts is a graphic novel by Raina Telgemeier. The story revolves around Cat, a teenager whose family has relocated to Bahía de la Luna. The family has made the move to help Cat's sister, Maya, who has cystic fibrosis. Fear, death, and the supernatural are addressed as the sisters face Maya's serious illness together.

The story is told primarily through Cat's perspective, although the animation makes it easier for readers to recognize how characters are feeling or reacting from a more generalized perspective. In this way, the novel does give an impression of omniscience, even though Cat is leading the story.

The author offers the reader insight into the cultural significance of the día de los muertos celebrations. It introduces the celebration to Cat and Maya and, perhaps, the reader. The book also suggests the existence of the supernatural, with ghosts and the spirits returning. This suggests an ideology that supports an afterlife.

Because of Maya's frail health, Cat is learning to accept the reality of her sister's disease while going through normal adolescent rites of passage, such as having a crush on a boy, making new friends, and having to move away. While Cat's story includes the extraordinary, it does so in the context of everyday situations that readers will be able to recognize.