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From the author of Fenris & Mott and
Voyage of the Dogs comes a parody and quick read (about 208 pages) of a heist where the whole team is made of pre-teen ghosts.
Goal: take a book from a necromancer that allows the ghosts to return to life.
Time-sensitive: before the family of the narrator (one of the kids: Zenith who tells the story in the first person) sells the house and moves away.

This is humor, silly and nothing goes according to the plan adding some plot twists at the end and the realization (closer to the end) that their goal is another.

The kids blew themselves up during science class and became ghosts, there is a lot of talk about death and it raises questions about the meaning of life. The novel is scientifically inclined, speaking of science, dinosaurs, evolutions of life, and then death as part of the cycle of life. The author drops a few deep thoughts but also a lot of poop, buts and fart words. I usually don't like that but I think the balance works for this story. The kids are ghosts but it's not about drama or sadness, it's about them having superpowers and using them to vanquish a cynic supervillain.

I relate a lot to Vanessa who is a fun dark goth girl who acts, sings musicals, dances, and possesses paintings. Although she's not the main character (Zenith the Dutch-Indonesian poltergeist is). I'm glad to see my name used full not Nessie or Nessa and be one of the main characters along with Eddie (tech nerd) and Nicholas (musician and life talker) and Zenith the artist.

It's a whimsical and entertaining action episode in San Diego.