Spirit Week

By Ira Marcks,

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Aspiring engineer Suzy Hess is invited to the famous Underlook Hotel, domain of the reclusive horror writer Jack Axworth, in the mountains above her hometown of Estes Park, Colorado. Suzy thinks she's there to tutor Jack's son, Danny, but instead she finds herself investigating a local curse that threatens theā€¦

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1 author picked Spirit Week as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Graphic novels are seeing a real boom, and Ira Marcksā€™ Spirit Week is the perfect scary graphic novel middle-grade for visual readers.

Inspired by The Shining (you know, that Stephen King book made into a horror movie with Jack Nicholson), this graphic novel manages to weave horror and cinematic elements to make for a great nod to the horror genre.

Our main kid character Suzy is an aspiring engineer, and sheā€™s at the Underlook Hotel to tutor a famous filmmakerā€™s son named Danny. But the kids are quickly sucked into solving the mystery of the hotel, alongside a cast ofā€¦

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