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Graphic · ages 7–10

Agents of S.U.I.T.: Wild Ghost Chase

Written by John Patrick Green · Illustrated by Pat Lewis

Book 3 of 4 in Agents of S.U.I.T.View the full series

Part of the InvestiGators universeOpen the collection

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A ghost-hunt-style S.U.I.T. mission that keeps the scares very silly and the action very accessible. It is a strong choice for readers who want spooky flavour without genuinely frightening content.

  • Best for7–10
  • FormatGraphic
  • Length208 pp
  • Read aloud~1 hr40 min
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The vibe

What it’s like.

Style

  • Conversational
  • Comedic

Tone

  • Funny
  • Silly
  • Exciting
  • Irreverent
  • Suspenseful

Themes

On the pageanimal agents, ghost chase, investigators spinoff, spooky mystery, secret agency, comic mystery, puns, agent teamwork

Experience meters

Energy5/ 5
Humour5/ 5
Scariness2/ 5
Peril2/ 5
Wonder3/ 5
Cosiness2/ 5
Emotional intensity1/ 5
Conceptual intensity2/ 5

What’s it about?

The story.

The Agents of S.U.I.T. return for another ridiculous mission, this time with a ghostly mystery to investigate. Wild Ghost Chase leans into spooky comic territory while keeping the series' tone light: odd coworkers, absurd procedures, visual gags, fast dialogue and a mystery that feels more funny than frightening. It is part of the wider InvestiGators world, so children who already enjoy Mango and Brash will quickly understand the rhythm: strange animal agents, a big silly case, lots of puns and a plot that moves quickly from one set-piece to the next. The ghost element gives it extra appeal for children who enjoy Halloween-ish stories, but the book stays firmly within low-sensitivity territory. It is especially friendly to reluctant readers who want a full-length book that still feels visual, energetic and joke-packed.

Fit check

Right for your child?

Where it lands by age

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  • Best fit · 7–10
  • Read aloud · 6–9
  • Independent · 7–10

Prose load

Light

Visual support

Very high

Reluctant-reader friendly

Very

Read-aloud quality

Workable

Works well for

  • Reluctant readers
Low sensitivityNo content warnings

Nothing in the book is likely to concern most parents. Safe to recommend without preview.

Bedtime suitability

2 / 5 · Better outside bedtime

Sensitive-child

4 / 5 · Good fit

Graphic intensity

1 / 5 · None

Best for

  • Investigators fans
  • Funny graphic novel
  • Gentle spooky
  • Reluctant readers
  • Animal agents

Avoid if

  • Dislikes puns
  • Very sensitive to ghosts
  • Wants realistic stories
  • Wants dense prose

Particularly good for children who are…

  • Reluctant reader
  • Struggling with reading
  • Nightmares or fears

In the classroom

How it works in school.

A fast, funny spy-comic series packed with visual gags — a reluctant-reader magnet and classroom-library staple.

Classroom role

  • Classroom library

A book children love that happens to support school — never a stand-in for the texts a class is taught with. Reviewed for the classroom · June 2026.

Why it lands

Why they love it.

Why kids love it

The specific kick is ghost-hunting at silly scale — the S.U.I.T. agents on a haunting case, the scares played for laughs, gentle spooky overlaid on the usual pun engine. A seven-year-old curious about ghost stories gets the safest possible version.

  • Animal companions
  • Trickery and cleverness
  • Making a difference
  • Surviving danger

Why parents love it

The Halloween-week S.U.I.T. — ghost premise, gentle spooky energy, none of it actually frightening. Useful spooky-season pick for a child who's loved the InvestiGators-verse but isn't ready for proper horror. Reliable mid-series spin-off.

  • Shared humour
  • Quick to read

In the series

Agents of S.U.I.T..

4 books · open the series →

About the creators

About the creators.

JP

John Patrick Green

Writer · United States

John Patrick Green is an American author-illustrator best known for the InvestiGators graphic-novel series, a fast, pun-heavy detective comedy starring two alligator agents of S.U.I.T. He also writes and draws the Kitten Construction Company picture books and the Hippopotister graphic novels. Green's style is clean-lined, cartoon-bright and gag-paced, with a strong vocabulary of visual jokes and groan-out-loud wordplay that lands well on read-aloud and gives confident young readers a steady comic engine to chew through. Strong reluctant-reader appeal for ages 6–10, particularly children who already love Dav Pilkey or Aaron Blabey. InvestiGators has been a New York Times bestseller across the run.

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CH

Christopher Hastings

Writer · United States

Christopher Hastings is an American comics writer best known as the writer of the InvestiGators spin-off Agents of S.U.I.T. early-graphic-novel series (illustrated by Pat Lewis), comic-spy-agency adventures in the InvestiGators universe. He has also written for Marvel (Gwenpool, Vote Loki) and other comics properties. His children's-book voice is fast, joke-paced and pun-heavy, in the John Patrick Green tradition that the InvestiGators universe runs on. A reliable contemporary middle-grade graphic-novel writer for ages 7–11.

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PL

Pat Lewis

Illustrator · United States

Pat Lewis is an American illustrator best known to children's-book readers as the visual partner of Christopher Hastings on the Agents of S.U.I.T. early-graphic-novel series, comic-spy-agency adventures in John Patrick Green's InvestiGators universe. Lewis's style is clean, expressive and joke-paced, in the bright-cartoon visual register that the InvestiGators line runs on. He has also illustrated a range of other children's comics and middle-grade graphic novels. A reliable early-graphic-novel illustrator for ages 7–11.

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Easier or preparing reads — perfect lead-ins.

Where to go next…

Escalation reads — a step up in scale, silliness, or stakes.

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