Michael DiSanto Series

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Summary: 5-Star reviews for The Boy Who Loved Ghosts:   “I think this is my new Heartstopper. The tenderness of the teen love story is so sweet. I love love love uncomplicated queerness in a story, where the characters' problems are utterly unrelated to their sexuality, and the plot isn't driven by it. – K, Goodreads   This is book 2 in the series and let me tell you, I could not put it down. I thought the first one was good, but this one might be better. Love this series! I read both books in just a couple of days, I could not put them down. Definitely a new favorite for me! – Sunny, Goodreads   A ghost comes to Michael for help, his first case since discovering his special skill set. The problem is, he unleashes an evil that’s been in hiding and will do anything to stay that way…   My life has always been strange. Now, it is strange on steroids. In my first night of the grief counseling support group for teens, there's a girl who looks like she walked off the set of The Brady Bunch even though it's 1985. Turns out, I’m the only person in the room who sees her. After the meeting, she comes up to me, wanting me to get her closure with the boyfriend who thinks she abandoned him seventeen years ago.   But she’s not the only one here who needs help. This gorgeous kid from Japan, hiding in the meeting from people who are planning to murder him, and who doesn't speak English, has something to tell me only I will believe.   I promised my family I’d stay out of dangerous situations and now, the first time I set foot outside since my life blew up weeks earlier, I’ve already broken that promise ten times over. Possible trigger warnings: Profanity, violence, death, Nazis, off-page description of death camps  

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Summary: I just wanted to go to college, like any other teenage ghosthealer. I should have known better.   In Book Three of this paranormal YA series, teen sleuth and ghosthealer, Michael DiSanto, uncovers a nest of evil that has festered too long and destroyed lives in his hometown of 1980s Berkeley, California.   After the life-changing losses and grief of the recent past, Michael intends to forge ahead, begin college and, hopefully, explore the budding romance between him and Kiku, even though Kiku is back in Tokyo. Not so fast!   He hasn’t even gotten to his first class when he’s accosted by the ghost of an elderly man, pointing the finger at the grandson he’s haunting, as his murderer, wanting Michael to report him to the police. Lloyd Park, son of a wealthy car dealership family, sees Michael staring and goes on the offensive, unleashing verbal abuse on Michael and his yakuza bodyguard Jimmy, right there in a campus café! Right away, Michael’s heightened senses understand that the relationship between Lloyd and his ghost is not all it appears, and decides not to get involved. Not only isn’t Lloyd asking for help, he seems to want to chase Michael off. What Lloyd doesn’t know about his ghost won’t hurt him and Michael decides to heed the apparent warning and get on with school.   That is, until the next day before class, Michael meets a second ghost, a young Ohlone woman, haunting a table in another coffee shop on campus. Emily Greyfeather knows who killed her and isn’t much interested in getting justice. She does, however know the connection between her killer and her sister Jane, and begs Michael just to find Jane and make sure she’s alive and well. That’s all.   Simple, right? But when has Michael’s life ever been simple? As soon as he delves into the search for Jane Greyfeather, Lloyd’s sudden presence in his life turns out not to be the coincidence he first thought it was. In fact, Lloyd is turning out to be the biggest non-coincidence he could have imagined…   Publisher’s note: Possible trigger warnings include: Profanity, marijuana use, off-page sexual abuse, murder, suicide, death