In thirteen-year-old Aster's family, all the girls are raised to be witches, while boys grow up to be shapeshifters. Anyone who dares cross those lines is exiled. Unfortunately for Aster, he still hasn't shifted . . . and he's still fascinated by…
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Spooky Graphic Novels for Kids
5 users like thisA small sampling of some spooky and fun graphic novels for kids. Just in time for Halloween. #IndyPLKids
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- Catrina and her family have moved to the coast of Northern California for the sake of her little sister, Maya, who has cystic fibrosis—and Cat is even less happy about the move when she is told that her new home is haunted, and Maya sets her heart…
- When thirteen-year-old Moth Hush learns she comes from a long line of witches, she unlocks a hidden witch world, where secrets from generations past unravel and the heart of her town and her family are threatened.
- Reluctant Skye is accidentally sent to the wrong summer camp. Not wanting to please her "step monster," Skye is dead-set on not fitting in. That won't be a problem, as everyone at Camp Midnight-with the exception of fellow camper and fast-friend…
- Short stories that revolve around eeryone's favorite ventriloquiest dummy, the terrifying Slappy!
- Two lost brothers venture across a strange forest and discover incredible and bizarre things on their journey home in a style reminiscent of The Wind in the Willows and Sleepy Hollow. Return to the Unknown with new Over The Garden Wall stories that…
- Eleven-year-old Grey makes friends with a ghoul named Lavinia, one of a race of creatures who live beneath the local graveyard and feed on dead bodies. Their friendship breaks the ghouls’ most important taboo, though, and the book builds to an…
- This work is inspired by The Shining, but with carefully selected story elements. Two tweens, Elijah and Suzy, head to an aging Colorado hotel, Elijah to make a film about reclusive author Jack Axworth and Suzy to tutor his son. They join forces…
- Perfect for fans of Spirited Away, Coco, and Ghosts comes a spooky fantasy graphic novel about the friendship between a girl who can see ghosts and a boy who is stuck between the worlds of the living and the dead.
- Something strange happened to Olive Silverlock last summer, but all she can remember is fire. When Gotham Academy opens for the school year, Olive and her friends start solving the mysteries behind odd and dangerous occurrences.
- Marjorie Glatt feels like a ghost. A practical thirteen year old in charge of the family laundry business, her daily routine features unforgiving customers, unbearable P.E. classes, and the fastidious Mr. Saubertuck who is committed to destroying…
- The adaptation of Neil Gaiman's beloved and creepy children's book, Coraline. The story is about a girl named Coraline who ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must…
- Another Neil Gaiman graphic novel adaptation! The Graveyard Book is a story about Nobody Owens, who is a normal boy, except that he has been raised by ghosts and other denizens of a graveyard.
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