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The Deep Dark: A Graphic Novel
The Deep Dark: A Graphic Novel | Molly Knox Ostertag
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From Molly Knox Ostertag, writer-illustrator of the New York Times and ABA Indie bestselling The Witch Boy trilogy and The Girl from the Sea, comes a darkly beautiful story of identity, family, love, loss, and magic. Everyone has secrets. Mags’s has teeth. Magdalena Herrera is about to graduate high school, but she already feels like an adult with serious responsibilities: caring for her ailing grandmother; working a part-time job; clandestine makeouts with a girl who has a boyfriend. And then there’s her secret, which pulls her into the basement each night, drains her of energy, and leaves her bleeding. A secret that could hurt and even kill if it ever got out -- like it did once before. So Mags keeps her head down, isolated in her small desert community. That is, until her childhood friend Nessa comes back to town, bringing vivid memories of the past, an intoxicating glimpse of the future, and a secret of her own. Mags won’t get attached, of course. She’s always been strong enough to survive without anyone’s help. But when the darkness starts to close in on them both, Mags will have to drag her secret into the daylight, and choose between risking everything... or having nothing left to lose.
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Sarahreadstoomuch
The Deep Dark: A Graphic Novel | Molly Knox Ostertag
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Such a great story! I think Ostertag just gets better and better with each graphic novel. Here, Mags has a secret that her family trains her to keep hidden, even while it makes her miserable. A childhood friend comes to visit and suddenly it‘s a lot harder to keep the secret hidden. Loved the story, the characters, the art… everything.

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CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian
The Deep Dark: A Graphic Novel | Molly Knox Ostertag
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This YA graphic novel was so good: story, characters, concept, and art. Magdalena "Mags" Herrerra is only a senior in high school, but she's basically functioning as an adult (taking care of her disabled abuela, working a part time job), with a paranormal horror twist: there's a bloodthirsty monster living in her basement, tied to her life, that she has to feed from her hand everyday. The art is amazing, especially the strategic use of colour.

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CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian
The Deep Dark: A Graphic Novel | Molly Knox Ostertag
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Wow, this is so good! Ostertag's art depicting the same two people at different ages and gender expressions is so well done. And I can't wait to find out what this dark secret is!!

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GirlNamedJesse
The Deep Dark: A Graphic Novel | Molly Knox Ostertag
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I love books that go in a completely different direction than I expect. I was purely along for the ride with this one! The use of (and lack of) color made for a beautiful story, as well as the message. I love Mags! 💙

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underground_bks
Deep Dark: A Graphic Novel | Molly Knox Ostertag
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Mags has a dark family secret, and her long lost childhood best friend has just returned to town with questions. This moving and mysterious graphic novel so vividly depicts how shame and shouldering responsibility can bleed you dry, but family, friendship, and love can give you the courage to befriend the monstrous in you and bring the darkest parts of you into the light, all through a powerful, beautiful, and tender queer love story.