"A poignant depiction of mental illness and suicidal ideation."
I’ve never read anything like this—cinematic, tinged with horrors both real and supernatural—A Haunted Girl will leave you in a different place than where it found you.
"The expressive illustrations blend cultural influences with skill. The villain’s design evokes ukiyo-e art of Japan, while the colors and textures hearken to the punchy traditions of American superhero comics. Cool blue tones diffuse the pages, haunting the story through lightning, fluorescence, and ghost plasma."
"I’ve been thinking about A Haunted Girl for days now. Ethan Sacks, Naomi Sacks and Marco Lorenzana create something chilling and real that lurks in so many of us. You’ll see. It’ll haunt you too."
"I just tore through the first issue of A Haunted Girl like a house fire. It's beautiful and haunting and harrowing and clearly the start of something amazing.
Ethan and Naomi Sacks craft a haunting, hypnotic story that serves as a powerful, unforgettable metaphor for the fragile mental balances we all try to strike, all brought to life vividly by artist Marco Lorenzana. I’ve never read anything like this—cinematic, tinged with horrors both real and supernatural—A Haunted Girl will leave you in a different place than where it found you.” —Alex Segura, bestselling author of Secret Identity
"I just tore through the first issue of A Haunted Girl like a house fire. It's beautiful and haunting and harrowing and clearly the start of something amazing.” —Chuck Wendig, Bestselling author of Black River Orchard and The Book of Accidents
"I’ve been thinking about A Haunted Girl for days now. Ethan Sachs, Naomi Sachs and Marco Lorenzana create something chilling and real that lurks in so many of us. You’ll see. It’ll haunt you too." —Brad Meltzer, bestselling author of The Lightning Rod and Identity Crisis
"A Haunted Girl is haunting for all the right reasons. Sometimes the monster is your mind." —Charles Soule,
#1 New York Times bestselling author, The Oracle Year, The Endless Vessel, and writer of Star Wars and Eight Billion Genies
2024-04-20
A teenage girl suffering from depression and tormented by ghostly visions confronts a looming supernatural threat.
Japanese American Cleo Newman’s severe depression and anxiety make even simple existence hard: She struggles with panic attacks and is plagued by suicidal thoughts. On top of that, she’s been seeing things—terrifying monsters and spirits—and no matter how much progress she makes with her psychiatrist, Dr. Davis, who’s Black, they never seem to leave her alone. At the encouragement of her white adoptive father, Cleo attempts to reintegrate into her prestigious magnet high school in Westchester, New York. But as her visions intensify, her life falls apart further, and she starts to fear she’s truly lost her mind. Meanwhile, her father is desperate to rescue Cleo from her anguish but struggles with how he can help. Cryptic phone calls with a figure from the family’s past in Kagoshima, Japan, about the origins of Cleo’s visions only serve to confuse him further. When her visions breach the physical world, Cleo must draw on every strength to neutralize a world-ending threat. The expressive panel layouts highlight the action sequences, and the full-color illustrations paint the spectrum of emotions from washed-out depression to cold, sharp panic to vivid and triumphant victory.
A stirring fable about fighting and surviving the horrors of depression, both literal and figurative. (content note, cover gallery, psychiatrist’s note, resources) (Graphic paranormal. 14-18)
