Overview
Veronica Mars by way of Lovecraft in this thrilling lightly gothic YA graphic novel, for those who love a dash of campy and a dollop of darkness. Veronica Mars by way of Lovecraft in this thrilling lightly gothic YA graphic novel, for those who love a dash of campy and a dollop of darkness. It's just a bedtime story....right? Parents in Pensmouth tell their children a devious bedtime tale-their beloved town is riddled with flesh-takers, monsters who snatch unruly kids off the street if they don't go to sleep on time. Vivian Vance, amateur teen detective, heard that story as a kid and never believed it. When Vivian takes on a case in the Pillars, a downtrodden and long-ignored community beneath the highway, she stumbles on a dark secret about her town's history and finds herself face-to-face with those horrifying monsters. Saved from certain death by a group of kids from the Pillars, Vivian decides her next job will be exposing the flesh-takers to the world--at any cost. But her biggest opportunity quickly becomes her worst nightmare. Her pride puts Pensmouth and her new-found friends in mortal danger. In order to right her mistakes, she must stand up to the creatures that offer all her heart desires before she loses the only people left who matters.
Full Product Details
Author: Josh Ulrich
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint: G.P.Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers'
Dimensions:
Width: 15.40cm
, Height: 1.90cm
, Length: 23.00cm
Weight: 0.663kg
ISBN: 9780593403662
ISBN 10: 0593403665
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 08 October 2024
Recommended Age: From 12 years
Audience:
Young adult
,
Teenage / Young adult
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Not yet available
This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release.
Reviews
"★ ""Modern mystery fans have a new heroine to save them from the creatures that go bump in the night. Perfect for anyone who loves mystery and monsters, Vivian Vance will fly off the shelves in any library."" —SLJ (starred review)"
"★ ""Modern mystery fans have a new heroine to save them from the creatures that go bump in the night. Perfect for anyone who loves mystery and monsters, Vivian Vance will fly off the shelves in any library."" —SLJ (starred review) ★ ""[C]lever sleuthing, shocking revelations, and a disquieting closing twist."" —Kirkus (starred review)"
Author Information
Josh Ulrich is a professional cartoonist from Jacksonville, Florida. He has been working in comics for over a decade and completed three graphic novels in his Jackie Rose series, both independently and with the digital publisher NAVER Webtoon. He has also completed over a thousand pages of comics for his series Newman, which is also digitally published through NAVER Webtoon. In his spare time, Josh enjoys fishing, kayaking, and painting miniatures.
