Eerie Tales from the School of Screams
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- $14.99
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
From the director of the Oscar-nominated movie Boxtrolls comes a middle grade horror anthology that will leave you holding onto your blankets for dear life! Perfect for fans of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and Goosebumps!
School is tough.
School is scary.
School is EERIE.
No one knows this better than Davis and Emily. But they’re not scared of school because of tough tests or merciless vice-principals. No, they’re scared because their teacher wants her students to present the class with the spookiest, most chilling stories they can think of.
From the twisted mind of Graham Annable comes five horrifying stories that will scare your skeleton right out of your skin. Are you ready to stare down “The Face in the Forest”? Do you think you can handle the truth behind “The Village that Vanished?”
Lock the doors, turn on all the lights, and arm yourself with candy— you’ll need all the help you can get to face these nightmares.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
White-cued schoolteacher Ms. Nomed challenges her students to tell the eeriest tale they can imagine in this spine-chilling graphic novel collection by Annable (the Peter & Ernesto series), which teems with ghoulish charm and innovative flair. Bespectacled Alvin, who reads as Black, tells an 18th-century drama titled "The Village that Vanished," in which tax collectors searching for a town called Wattersburg instead meet a lone elderly shepherd. When prompted for the town's whereabouts, the shepherd informs the collectors that, following a deadly transgression, sea people dragged Wattersburg's citizens into the ocean—all except the old man. Subsequent genre-spanning tales detail a space crew navigating a time loop's fallout and a girl uncovering her father's dismembered remains, with help from his talking head. And as they spin their sinister yarns, unusual quips from Ms. Nomed sow unease among the class. Saturated spot colors set each story apart from contemporary school scenes rendered in grayscale and muted green. Cartoonish characters, minimalist backdrops, and Annable's gently absurd humor juxtapose the stories' frightening undertones. Via simple yet effective paneling, Annable balances terrifying visuals and taut storytelling with finesse and expert timing to deliver a horror-filled collection that is sure to scare and delight. Ages 8–12.
