The Ghosts of Nameless Island: Vol. 1

The Ghosts of Nameless Island: Vol. 1

“Join author Carly Anne West on Nameless Island for a haunting, spine-tingling mystery that will leave you on the edge of your seat!  The Ghost of Nameless Island  is an illustrated tale of hidden rats, mystery ghosts, and reality TV that is sure to lift your spirits.” – Terrance Crawford, bestselling author of the Piggy series “Along with this classically atmospheric setting and scary thumps and other noises aplenty, West treats readers to multiple specters that are even more rousingly hideous in her descriptions than in Skaffa’s spiky, stylishly grotesque monochrome scenes and spot art ... Hints of dark doings in the island’s past also emerge before this trilogy opener ends with a sudden and terrifying cliffhanger ... All the shivery feels, escalating to the nightmarish in spots.” – Kirkus Reviews Gus Greenburg can see ghosts; in fact, he uses this paranormal superpower to help them “go on.” But when Gus and his mom move into an old mansion on the mysterious and remote Nameless Island, he meets a ghost that's set out to hurt him .  Bestselling author Carly Anne West weaves a spooky and thrilling series opener in this spine-tingling tale about mystery, family, and all things paranormal. After his dad goes missing and his mom is hired to restore an old building called the Rotham Manor, twelve-year-old Gus Greenburg and his mom move to a quaint, secluded island called Nameless. Gus was hoping for a new start on the island, but a mysterious ghost has another idea. Throw in a mean kid who hides rats in the manor, two new friends, an eclectic island chef who's competing to be on a reality TV show, and Gus's power to talk to the dead . . . well, that's a lot of chaos for one kid!  The Ghosts of Nameless Island is the first book in a new trilogy for readers ages 9-12 from bestselling author Carly Anne West. It's infused with Carly Anne West's signature wit and humor, and spooky enough for fans of Claribel Ortega's Ghost Squad,  Scott Cawthon's Five Night's at Freddy's,  and Carly's own Hello Neighbor  series. This book also features black-and-white spot illustrations throughout. Carly Anne West is the author of the YA novels The Murmurings  and The Bargaining  and the Hello Neighbor  middle grade series of novels. She is also a collaborator on the  Fazbear Frights  novels with Five Nights at Freddy's . Carly Anne lives in Seoul, Korea with her husband, two kids, a very small cat, and a very large dog. Visit her at carlyannewest.com, on Twitter @carlyannewest1, on Insta @carlyannewest, and on FB at carlyannewest. Teo Skaffa currently lives in Istanbul but is from a village in the Netherlands which you’ve probably never heard of, and for good reason. He loves music, video games, cinema, and swimming. He hates drawing in accurate perspective and room temperature watermelon (cold is fine though, delicious even). Coming from a traditional background, he now focuses on digital illustration and storytelling. Most of his inspiration comes from that short moment when you wake up and don’t quite understand what is happening yet, where he sees brief flashes of images and ideas which he turns into colorful illustrations.