{"product_id":"9781941302675","title":"Sheets (Sheets)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"For days after reading Brenna Thummler's Sheets\n\u003cbr\u003eI have been wandering my neighborhood, haunted, enchanted, and in need of\n\u003cbr\u003efreshly pressed clothing.\" -Lemony\n\u003cbr\u003eSnicket\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMarjorie Glatt feels like a ghost. A\n\u003cbr\u003epractical thirteen-year-old in charge of the family laundry business, her daily\n\u003cbr\u003eroutine features unforgiving customers, unbearable P.E. classes, and the\n\u003cbr\u003efastidious Mr. Saubertuck who is committed to destroying everything she's worked\n\u003cbr\u003efor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWendell is a ghost. A boy who lost his\n\u003cbr\u003elife much too young, his daily routine features ineffective death therapy, a\n\u003cbr\u003esheet-dependent identity, and a dangerous need to seek purpose in the forbidden\n\u003cbr\u003ehuman world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen their worlds collide,\n\u003cbr\u003eMarjorie is confronted by unexplainable disasters as Wendell transforms Glatt's\n\u003cbr\u003eLaundry into his midnight playground, appearing as a mere sheet during the day.\n\u003cbr\u003eWhile Wendell attempts to create a new afterlife for himself, he unknowingly\n\u003cbr\u003esabotages the life that Marjorie is struggling to\n\u003cbr\u003emaintain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSheets illustrates the\n\u003cbr\u003edetermination of a young girl to fight, even when all parts of her world seem to\n\u003cbr\u003ebe conspiring against her. It proves that second chances are possible whether\n\u003cbr\u003elife feels over or life is over. But above all, it is a story of the forgiveness\n\u003cbr\u003eand unlikely friendship that can only transpire inside a haunted\n\u003cbr\u003elaundromat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Brenna Thummler's first original\n\u003cbr\u003egraphic novel is a reason to celebrate. She announced herself as an artist to\n\u003cbr\u003ereckon with when she illustrated Mariah Marsden's adaptation of Anne of Green\n\u003cbr\u003eGables. Now she's illustrated her own story of ghosts and family, loneliness and\n\u003cbr\u003elaundromats. I'm sure you'll be captivated, and as eager as I am to see what\n\u003cbr\u003ecomes next!\"-Brian Selznick, author of Wonderstruck and The Invention\n\u003cbr\u003eof Hugo Cabret\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Sweet, sad, funny, warm, and beautiful. If I can be\n\u003cbr\u003eforgiven for using this word, this is one that will haunt me, in the best\n\u003cbr\u003eway.\"-Dana Simpson\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lion Forge, LLc, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49841392419064,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":33.27,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/8208\/6904\/files\/9781941302675-1.jpg?v=1783754968","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.au\/products\/9781941302675","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}