Sheets by Brenna Thummler, 238 pages. GRAPHIC NOVEL Cub House (Lion Forge),
2018. $13.
Content: G
BUYING ADVISORY: EL, MS – ADVISABLE
BUYING ADVISORY: EL, MS – ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Thirteen year old Marjorie is trying to keep
her family’s laundromat in business, but ever since her mother passed away her
father has been depressed and hardly comes out of his room. There is a business man in town who bullies
Marjorie because he wants to open a Yoga studio in the location of her
laundromat. Wendell is the ghost of an
eleven-year-old boy and he tries to help Marjorie against the bully, but at first,
he causes more trouble than good. When Wendell
and Marjorie team up they help each other, and Marjorie begins to feel like she
can move on.
The cover of this graphic
novel looks like it’s going to be cute and fun, but it takes on serious topics
of loss, fears, depression and fitting in.
Marjorie’s character is often depicted frowning and hunched over and
there is a melancholy feel to the whole book.
That said, I did enjoy the creative story and loved the ending.
C. Peterson
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