Clementine Book Two

by Tillie Walden, Tillie Walden (Artist)

Overview

FROM THE WORLD OF ROBERT KIRKMAN'S THE WALKING DEAD

Clementine and her new friends are rescued by an island community led by an enigmatic doctor called Miss Morro, but just as Clementine’s scars are finally beginning to heal, she discovers dark secrets that threaten to tear her new life apart.

Can Miss Morro be trusted? What about the rest of the islanders?

And just how far will Clementine go to protect the ones she loves?

Tilllie Walden’s acclaimed trilogy continues!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781534325197
Publisher:	Image Comics
Publication date:	10/03/2023
Pages:	296
Sales rank:	69,607
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	13 - 18 Years

Editorial Reviews

"A triumph of the zombie genre.” SHANNON WATTERS (Lumberjanes)

"Accompanying a more introspective plot, even the black-and-white illustrations introduce a reflective tone to the bleak survivalist mindset. At well-placed points though, life’s disappointments return, often due to the 'walkers,' and the black inks swell to swallow everyone whole. Despite all this, the graphic novel keeps reminding readers to live life and form bonds. Fear of tomorrow should not keep one from love, growth, and fulfillment. VERDICT Volume two capitalizes on its character growth to deliver an affecting graphic novel about growing up in the zombie apocalypse." —School Library Journal

From the Publisher

12/01/2023

Gr 8 Up—Clem's, Ricca's, and Olivia's journeys of survival continue in the second volume of Walden's "Walking Dead" spin-off. Following the events on the mountain, all three girls now have additional traumas to reconcile and increased strain due to their physical conditions. Clem's need for a prosthetic leg and Ricca's for glasses create specific challenges in a hostile postapocalyptic world. Things begin to brighten when they end up on an island commune, but trust doesn't come easily. While Clem has begun to acknowledge and even take steps forward from her accumulated trauma, peace actually disturbs her. Accompanying a more introspective plot, even the black-and-white illustrations introduce a reflective tone to the bleak survivalist mindset. At well-placed points though, life's disappointments return, often due to the "walkers," and the black inks swell to swallow everyone whole. Despite all this, the graphic novel keeps reminding readers to live life and form bonds. Fear of tomorrow should not keep one from love, growth, and fulfillment. VERDICT Volume two capitalizes on its character growth to deliver an affecting graphic novel about growing up in the zombie apocalypse.—Rachel Forbes

School Library Journal

2023-08-26
Clem, her girlfriend, Ricca, and their friend Olivia are doing their best to survive the plague of killer zombies in this second series entry.

Fresh off a plane crash, the girls figure themselves to be in Canada and head toward the coast in search of somewhere livable. Beset by frequent hordes of zombies (Clementine is a spin-off character from Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead comic book series), these teens rarely catch a break. Clem’s prosthetic leg bothers her, Ol’s lost in grief, Ric’s vision is fading, and all three are constantly hungry and grimy. Haunting, expressive art renders both gruesome horror and relatable vulnerability. A few sweet moments, like the girls’ triple bat mitzvah, provide some precarious comfort. While the trio briefly finds support in a small island community with Mi’kmaq and Taiwanese survivors, its leader’s grim obsession with cataloging the endless dead overshadows their relief, as does the terror-filled revelation that Ol is pregnant. Plus, of course, the walkers find the trio again and kill almost everyone they know in front of them in a frenzy of action panels expertly evoking shards of broken glass. Weeks later, they find another tentative peace as the ragtag crew aboard a ship, with Clem and Ric tiptoeing toward physical intimacy. But it won’t be easy to continue in this unforgiving world. Clem has medium-toned skin; her companions read white.

Thrillingly escapist in a disturbing-as-hell kind of way. (artists’ tools, artist bio, letter from the editor) (Graphic horror. 14-18)

Kirkus Reviews