Some best friends play sports or learn TikTok dances together. Other besties like playing video games or crafting together. But the Fierce Four in Spirit Service by Sarena and Sasha Nanua? Well, they started a paranormal spirit business to help the ghosts in their town peacefully transition to the afterlife!
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In this sweet and spooky new read, Raveena is missing her music-loving Grandmama, and with the arts program slashed at her middle school, she no longer has a way to play music, which was her way of honoring and remembering her. When Raveena and her besties Aiko, Lillian, and Blair stumble across a magical telephone that allows them to communicate with spirits!
With a little help from their local psychic, the girls discover they can use the phone to become Guardians, sparking the perfect idea – starting a Spirit Service that reconnects the spirits with their loved ones, giving them the closure they need to pass to the other side – and raises money to help bring back the arts progam.
But not all spirits are the same, and some aren’t looking to move on. To protect the town, the girls will have to unravel the mystery and dig up secrets about their town, the mysterious phone, Raveen’s family, and unravel the threads that connect everything in a super surprising way!
Ghostbusters meets The Baby-Sitters Club in this supremely sweet and spooky story about four seventh graders who start a small business helping their local neighborhood spirits pass on to the other side.
All Raveena wants is to bring back her school’s beloved arts program. It’s been six months since her music-loving grandmother passed, and four since Hollows’ Peak Middle School cut its entire arts budget. Now Raveena has no way to practice music, and worse, no way to honor Grandmama’s memory.
But Raveena’s world turns on its head when she and her friends stumble upon an otherworldly discovery: an old-fashioned telephone with the ability to contact ghosts!
With her newfound possession, Raveena devises the perfect plan to raise funds for the arts program: Spirit Service, an agency that guides deceased townspeople to the afterlife by reconnecting them with their living loved ones. The best part? There are tons of spirits in need of assistance—and people willing to pay big bucks to communicate with them.
But not all spirits are interested in peacefully moving on…
To keep their neighborhood safe, Raveena and her friends must dive into the history of their town and the mysterious phone, and in the process, uncover secrets that are much closer to home.
Spirit Service
AUTHOR: Sarena and Sasha Nanua
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
DATE: April 22, 2025
Our favorite part about this new read is the friendship, of course! The girls have such a relatable and realistic friendship that we can’t wait to see more of as the series continues.
Ready to meet the Fierce Four? Spirit Service authors Sarena and Sasha Nanua shared some super fun deets about Raveena, Aiko, Lillian, and Blair below! (Need even more Spirit Service? Head to Sarena and Sasha’s author website for an interactive tour through Hollows Peak!)
Meet Raveena, Aiko, Lillian, and Blair AKA The Fierce Four:
RAVEENA
✨BIRTH MONTH: December
🧋GO-TO BOBA ORDER: Taro milk tea with lychee popping boba
Raveena loves playing her flute to honor her grandmother’s memory, drinking bubble tea, and hanging out at the movies with the rest of the Fierce Four! She is a deeply passionate and empathetic person, and enjoys reminiscing on the past.
AIKO
✨BIRTH MONTH: June
🧋GO-TO BOBA ORDER: Classic milk tea with extra tapioca
Aiko is an 80’s movie buff and lover of all things paranormal. She’s seen every season of Short Island Medium and her fave classic movie is The Goonies! She honors her mother’s memory every year by making mochi with her dad.
LILLIAN
✨BIRTH MONTH: April
🧋GO-TO BOBA ORDER: Pineapple-passionfruit green tea
Lillian is a saxophone whiz, science lover, and K-pop aficionado. She loves using her special stationery and washi tape to liven up her class notes. You can often find her daydreaming of all sorts of hypotheses.
BLAIR
✨BIRTH MONTH: August
🧋GO-TO BOBA ORDER: Mango slush
Blair, baker extraordinaire, is not as into ghosts as Aiko. In fact, she would rather avoid all things spooky and scary, thank you very much! Blair spends most days in a cute apron as she perfects her macaron recipe.
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