All of the librarians I know are very tech savvy and I see people of all ages in my local library. This is certainly not my experience as a frequent library user. I don’t think librarians will particularly like the comment about how the internet has resulted in libraries no longer being used. Besides Erin, who’s not using technology because she’s grounded, the only other people in the story who aren’t glued to their devices are elderly. While I love that the majority of the heroes live in retirement homes, this story also perpetuates the myth that older people and technology don’t mix. This story takes place in the near future Erin’s grandmother is pictured as a young woman in the 1980’s and her parents grew up sans internet. Thank you so much to NetGalley and Oni Press for the opportunity to read this graphic novel. While I definitely want to explore more of Camp … Whatever (I have to see some fog leeches!), I’m just as keen to find out what secrets are hiding in the town of Nowhere and I need to find out if there really are ghosts in the cellar of Willow’s new home. The target audience mentioned on the Simon & Schuster website is 9 to 12 years but this adult loved it and is hooked! I can’t wait for the next volume! The only thing that’s niggling at me is why, given the circumstances, Toast couldn’t have told Elric the names of the other gnomes and saved him nearly thirty years of trying to guess them. I loved the illustrations and had no trouble following the story or getting to know the characters. Willow has hearing aids and her ability to sign becomes an important part of the story. She’s someone you’d have a lot of fun being friends with, if you didn’t mind getting into some trouble along the way. Above all, it is a story of asking for help when all seems dark, and bringing help and light to those who need it most.Įleven year old Willow is adventurous and smart, and she’s never short of ideas or plans, even if they defy the rules. It shows what it’s like to feel invisible, and the importance of feeling seen. Is it worth losing her friend, Wendell? Is she partially to blame for the bullying Eliza endures?ĭelicates tells a powerful story about what it means to fit in, and those left on the outside. Marjorie must soon come to terms with the price she pays to be accepted by the popular kids. Constantly feeling on the outside, Eliza begins to feel like a ghost herself. She’s an avid photographer, and her zealous interest in finding and photographing ghosts gets her labeled as “different” by all the other kids in school. With Marjorie’s insistence on keeping Wendell’s ghost identity a secret from her new friends, Wendell begins to feel even more invisible than he already is.Įliza Duncan feels invisible too. But when Marjorie finally gets accepted by the popular kids at school, she begins to worry that if anyone learns about her secret ghost friends, she’ll be labeled as a freak who sees dead people. Wendell, who died young and now must wander Earth as a ghost with nothing more than a sheet for a body, soon became one of Marjorie’s only friends. Marjorie Glatt’s life hasn’t been the same ever since she discovered a group of ghosts hiding in her family’s laundromat.
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