The third book in the Sheets trilogy by Brenna Thummler, Lights is a gorgeous graphic novel that finally investigates what happened to Wendell, the friendly neighborhood ghost. The art is beautiful and sucks you into the world. I wish I'd had a physical copy so I could feel the pages, especially those without dialogue.

In Lights, Marjorie and Eliza struggle to maintain their friendship as new peers enter the equation. Their uncertain dynamic authentically replicates those nervous social feelings of pre-adolescence. Do they like me? Am I doing something wrong? Am I hurting someone?

In addition to navigating friendship, Marjorie, Eliza, and Wendell solve the mystery of how Wendell became a ghost. The metaphor of lights comes through in lights keeping the ghosts at bay and the light of friendship brightening your life. The metaphor didn't have the strongest throughline, however, as it was trying to stand in for too many things. Otherwise, this is a great ending to a tender and emotional trilogy.