A review by bibliobrandie
Ghost Squad by Claribel A. Ortega

3.0

This is the story of 12 year old Lucely Luna, her family (her father and ghost relatives), her best friend Syd and Syd’s amazing grandma, Babette (also Babette’s cats who are all named after Goonies characters!). Lucely can communicate with her ghost family but to others they look like cocuyos (fireflies). I love that and I love all the characters. The girls accidentally unleash evil and they have to use magic and Babette’s powers and ghost catchers and it definitely felt like Ghostbusters with a younger more diverse cast of characters. Really fun middle grade paranormal ghost story. To me it felt rushed and I would have liked it to be longer, but it’s probably a good length for many in the target audience. I also heard that it’s being optioned as a movie or series, which I can totally visualize.