Ghost

Ghost
Author: Jason Reynolds
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2016
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1481450166

Aspiring to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle school's track team, gifted runner Ghost finds his goal challenged by a tragic past with a violent father.

Took

Took
Author: Mary Downing Hahn
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2015
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0544551532

A witch called Old Auntie is lurking near Dan's family's new home. He doesn't believe in her at first, but is forced to accept that she is real and take action when his little sister, Erica, is "took" to become Auntie's slave for the next fifty years.

Brody's Ghost Volume 1

Brody's Ghost Volume 1
Author: Mark Crilley
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Total Pages: 99
Release: 2006-07-11
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 162115176X

Brody hoped it was just a hallucination. But no, the teenaged ghostly girl who'd come face to face with him in the middle of a busy city street was all too real. And now she was back, telling him she needed his help in hunting down a dangerous killer, and that he must undergo training from the spirit of a centuries-old samurai to unlock his hidden supernatural powers. Thirteen-time Eisner nominee Mark Crilley joins Dark Horse to launch his most original and action-packed saga to date in Brody's Ghost, the first in a six-volume limited series. * Paramount Pictures and Brad Pitt's Plan B have acquired Miki Falls, a four-volume manga series created by Mark Crilley. * Crilley is best known for his Akiko young-adult novels and comic books. From the creator of the Eisner-nominated Akiko!

Brody's Ghost

Brody's Ghost
Author: Mark Crilley
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Total Pages: 600
Release: 2016
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1616559012

After losing his job, his girlfriend, and his home, Brody learns that things can get even worse when he begins seeing a ghostly teenage girl watching him in the street. What he hopes is a hallucination proves all too real when the ghost tells him she needs his help hunting down a dangerous killer, and that he must undergo training from the spirit of a centuries-old samurai to unlock his hidden ghost talker powers.

Brody's Ghost Volume 4

Brody's Ghost Volume 4
Author: Mark Crilley
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2013-04-16
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1621156745

Brody's racing against time to uncover the identity of the Penny Murderer before he claims his next victim: Brody's exgirlfriend. But he's also found out that Talia, the ghost who set him on this road to justice, has been lying to him from the start. * High stakes and intense action! * Crilley's YouTube channel has over 600,000 subscribers. "Crilley is a great storyteller and artist, and both strengths show here..." —Detroit News

Brody's Ghost Collected Edition

Brody's Ghost Collected Edition
Author: Mark Crilley
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Total Pages: 600
Release: 2016-05-10
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1630085235

Acclaimed author Mark Crilley tells his greatest tale yet in this intense supernatural thriller! After losing his job, his girlfriend, and his home, Brody learns that things can get even worse when he begins seeing a ghostly teenage girl watching him in the street. What he hopes is a hallucination proves all too real when the ghost tells him she needs his help hunting down a dangerous killer, and that he must undergo training from the spirit of a centuries-old samurai to unlock his hidden ghost talker powers. While Brody initially goes along only begrudgingly, the mission becomes terrifyingly personal when he learns that his ex-girlfriend is destined to be the killer's next victim. As he evades the police and his ex's criminal boyfriend, Brody enters a race against time to learn the killer's identity before the night of her foretold doom! "Mix a pinch of The Sixth Sense with a dash of The Karate Kid and a bit of The Crow, and you'll start to get a feel for Brody's Ghost." -Wired "The setting--an unidentified future city partially in ruins--is a masterpiece of drawing . . . The story is more than a match for the art." -Booklist

Brody's Ghost Volume 6

Brody's Ghost Volume 6
Author: Mark Crilley
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2015-04-21
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1630081779

Everything has changed for Brody since teenaged ghost Talia entered his life. Now trained in the supernatural arts, strong in mind and body, and with Talia's murder solved, Brody has mere hours to stop her killer from making his ex-girlfriend Nicole the next victim. Everything Brody has worked for has been building up to this day. But first, he'll have to pull his greatest feat yet--convincing a furious Talia to help him escape from jail! Even if he manages that, the race is on save Nicole before her criminal boyfriend or the police find him!

Brody's Ghost Volume 2

Brody's Ghost Volume 2
Author: Mark Crilley
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Total Pages: 99
Release: 2011-01-25
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1621151778

Brody knew that being mixed up with Talia, a dead girl turned ghost, was going to change his life forever. He just didn't realize it was going to involve going head to head with one of the most vicious gangs in the whole city. But here he is, giving himself over to the bizarre training methods of Kagemura, an ancient samurai ghost, to transform himself from a flabby slacker to a peak-condition fighter capable of bringing the city's most dangerous criminals to their knees. Don't miss the second installment of Brody's Ghost, Dark Horse's exciting saga from thirteen-time Eisner nominee Mark Crilley.

Brody's Ghost Volume 3

Brody's Ghost Volume 3
Author: Mark Crilley
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2012-04-17
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1621151786

Brody's fight training, under the tutelage of samurai ghost Kagemura, has toughened his body and honed his senses so finely that Brody can not only communicate with ghosts, but envision how and when someone dies. However, his new skills aren't quite powerful enough to uncover the whereabouts of the mysterious Penny Murderer. With the help of the ghost Talia, herself hoping to bring the killer to justice, Brody must result to desperate measures to find the killer before he strikes again—and Brody's received a psychic vision of his ex-girlfriend Nicole in the worst trouble imaginable… • By thirteen-time Eisner Award nominee Mark Crilley!

Brody's Ghost One-Shot

Brody's Ghost One-Shot
Author: Mark Crilley
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics (Single Issues)
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2013-07-10
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN:

Former slacker Brody has vowed to uncover the identity of the serial killer known only as the "Penny Murderer." Will he complete his intense training to develop physical and psychic abilities before the mysterious killer strikes again? Collecting four stories from _MySpace Dark Horse Presents_, this one-shot issue continues the hilarious, poignant, thrilling tale of Brody's fight for justice. Love Harry Potter? Try _Brody's Ghost_! From the thirteen-time Eisner-nominated creator of _Akiko_!