Nenetl of the Forgotten Spirits
Vera Greentea, Laura Müller
SPX Table M5B
$30.00
Published by Greentea Publishing
https://greenteapublishing.com/
All Ages, Children under 12, Middle School (9–12 years old), and Young Adult (13–17 years old)
Category: Fantasy and Horror
Nenetl of the Forgotten Spirits is a spirited spooky graphic novel for kids and adults. It’s about a ghost searching for her family during the festival of the Day of the Dead, while dodging ambitious young exorcists. Every year, Mexican families gather to celebrate and welcome back the souls of the dead. They decorate graveyards with marigolds and introduce their beloved spirits to their children. But when the dead ones are forgotten, their spirits are never seen again. Until one early morning on the Day of the Dead, the shroud between our worlds were opened long enough to let one forgotten spirit out… “.…I love Vera Greentea’s writing, have so since I discovered her To Stop Dreaming of Goddesses and Recipes for the Dead books. …Her writing has a Neil Gaiman quality, storytelling infused with a playful whimsy overlying a deeper sadness that begs for a resolution…”
-Newsarama