Age: Middle School-High School
LGBTQ+: Transgender Male

"Barney and his best friend Norma are just trying to get by and keep their jobs, but working at the Dead End theme park also means battling demonic forces, time traveling wizards, and scariest of all--their love lives!

Follow the lives of this diverse group of employees of a haunted house, which may or may not also serve as a portal to hell, in this hilarious and moving graphic novel, complete with talking pugs, vengeful ghosts and LBGTQIA love!" (Goodreads synopsis).

Action-packed fantasy for fans of Nimona and Rick Riordan with humor throughout for fans of Raina Telgemeier and Adventure Land. Steele puts more focus on the plot without putting a large spotlight on Barney's transition or past--but these are still included. A great cast of characters are present from the socially-reclusive Norma to Barney the daring to

Spoiler

Just a warning, this is another book where the dog dies. But, seeing as it's a fantasy book that has demons and ghosts, this may not entirely be the case.