If you like Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier and/or Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol, then you'll want to check out Laura Terry's graphic novel Graveyard Shakes.
Also, if you love the 1995 movie Casper, you owe it to yourself to get this book.
Let me show you why:
Casper's a friendly ghost. That's his thing. Whenever he tries to make a new friend, he extends a polite greeting. However, people are frightened of ghosts, so whenever he attempts to befriend someone, they scream in horror and head for the hills.
In the 1995 movie, Casper does manage to make a friend at last. Kathleen Harvey, aka Kat, moves into Whipstaff Manor with her adorable ghost-hunting dad who practices paranormal psychiatry.
Kat Katia
Kat's mother died suddenly, plunging both her and her father into grief, and motivating Dr. Harvey to travel around the country, searching for the ghost of his beloved wife. Graveyard Shakes also has a Dead Mother trope:
Dr. Harvey believes that ghosts are simply spirits without resolution. They have "unfinished business", so to speak.
And of course, every girl in the 90's was envious of Christina Ricci because she got to slow dance with Devon Sawa:
It's not surprising that Laura Terry's book pays homage to Casper, because she does acknowledge him in the dedication:
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