The Mystery of the Graffiti Ghoul

*Shortlisted for the 2008 Alberta Literary Award for Children's Literature *Shortlisted for the 2007 Golden Eagle Book Award *Shortlisted for the 2007 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile or YA Crime Book * Shortlisted for the 2007 Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award In this sequel to Marty Chan's award-winning juvenile romp The Mystery Of the Frozen Brains, nine-year-old Marty and his francophone buddy, Remi Boudreau, stumble upon graffiti on the school's equipment shack and begin the adventure of tracking down the culprit. Marty spies on his classmates, wears his mom's dress to go undercover, and risks losing his best friend as the mystery of the graffiti ghoul leads him to the graveyard. With continued insight into a Chinese boy's life in a Francophone town in Alberta, Chan's humour balances the serious themes of bullying and racism that are revealed in the attitudes and actions of elementary school kids.