Reviewed by: Ghostlight by Kenneth Oppel Wesley Jacques Oppel, Kenneth Ghostlight. Knopf, 2022 [400p] Trade ed. ISBN 9780593487938 $17.99 E-book ed. ISBN 9780593487952 $10.99 Reviewed from digital galleys R Gr. 9-12 Gabe Vasilakis spins great ghost stories as a tour guide at the old Gibraltar Point Lighthouse in Toronto Harbour, but it's not like he believes them. His skepticism is put to the test, however, when he meets the spirit of Rebecca Strand, the teenaged daughter of a nineteenth-century lighthouse keeper. She and her father died under suspicious circumstances, and she claims that her father's spirit was consumed by an evil creature. Gabe's best friend and amateur machinist Yuri as well as aspiring journalist of the paranormal Callie (both living) round out the team, and the four teens-turned-investigators quickly uncover an elaborate and centuries-old history of a particularly fiendish and power-hungry ghost named Nicholas Viker. The ghostly elements are familiar, as the spirits of the dead linger due to unresolved trauma and it usually takes special lighting (perhaps the beam from a lighthouse) or a direct connection to see them. Viker, however, is a monstrously novel villain as he constantly exploits and consumes ghosts and humans alike to bolster his own power. An added layer of unease permeates the entire adventure as Oppel incorporates North American ghost lore and alludes to the slaughtering of Indigenous peoples and the watery deaths of would-be immigrants. Even as a battle between good and evil looms and is rather easily resolved, this novel offers a timely nod to the utility of ghost stories in healing. [End Page 57] Copyright © 2022 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois