This is billed as a young adult graphic novel, but it's about maturity and growing up -- something that applies to teenagers and adults alike. Anya doesn't like being overweight, doesn't like being Russian, has a crush on a popular boy... and picks up the ghost of a young girl on the way, who can help her out.

But the interesting thing about Anya's ghost is that she's a romantic. She's happy to help Anya any way she can, but she also wants to idealize Anya's life. And that's where it gets complicated.

In some ways, Anya's Ghost is very much like American Born Chinese (also a foreign born teenager haunted by ghosts), but it's not trying to be clever, just truthful. It's a stronger story for that.