Welcome to Feral
Series
Frights from Feral
by
Mark Fearing
Edition
Hardcover edition
Publisher
Holiday House
Imprint
Holiday House
ISBN
9780823448654
POTENTIALLY SENSITIVE AREAS
None
How many kids will go missing before this town admits it’s haunted? Find out in this freakily fun new graphic novel series!
Feral has everything a small town should have: Main Street, City Hall, a population just over sixteen thousand . . .
But Feral also has secrets. Mysteries. Unexplained disappearances.
In five spooky stories, an intrepid young resident invites readers to look a little closer at this scenic rural town. Are you game to investigate what’s going on in Feral? If you pay attention, you might notice something where it shouldn’t be.
Be careful, though. Whatever you do,
With vibrant art, clever humor, and heaps of unsolved mysteries, animator Mark Fearing conjures a fearsome saga out of small-town terrors. The first entry in this inventive new series is sure to scare young readers silly.
Full-color illustrations were created with pencil and finished with digital ink and paint.
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Details
Format
Page Count
240
Trim Size
9" x 6"
Dewey
F
AR
2.8: points 1
Genre
Fic
Scholastic Reading Counts
0
JLG Release
Jan 2023
Book Genres
Graphic Novels
Topics
Prophecies. Kings, queens, and rulers. Animals. Wolves. Roman mythology. Coming of age.
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Praise & Reviews
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School Library Journal
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Library Journal
Gr 4 Up-In this wild and weird graphic novel about the supernatural small town of Feral, many a terrifying tale is told as Fearing sets a city-sized stage on which to spin tall tales of youthful demise. A flannel-clad narrator frames stories of sinister playground slides, a soul-sucking sweets seller, and a campfire vampire. Fearing's illustrations are sketchy, infused with the energetic spirit of childhood, and the characters' expressions are almost goofy, so it's something of a surprise when the yarns he weaves nearly all end in protagonists trapped, transformed, or blasted to space. For newcomers to scary stories, it's a slightly discombobulating, and thus perfect, way to introduce the psyche-rocking roots of horror-terrifying concepts, parceled out in manageable morsels for more timid readers. VERDICT An amusing, just-scary-enough graphic novel for young genre fans and perhaps even those hesitant to try spookier fare.-Emilia Packard?(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Book-length narratives presented in comic book style, graphic novels foster both visual and verbal comprehension skills while exposing readers to interesting dialogue and satire, as well as affirming diversity.
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Grades 5-8
Graphic Novels Middle Plus
14 books per Year
$293.02 per Year
