Description: Black, the co-creator of the Spiderwick Chronicles, imagines a mysterious, dark world full of threat, romance, and illusion, for an astonishing graphic novel in which the faerie realm is about to crash into our own.Graphix

Children's Literature Review: Sixteen-year-old Rue Silver has been experiencing some troubling changes. First her mother disappears without a trace. Then her father is accused of murdering a former student. But worst of all, Rue discovers that when she looks at some people, she sees them as demonic beings with horns and wings. Is she going crazy? No such luck. Turns out Rue's mother was a faerie and Rue has inherited some faerie traits of her own--including the ability to turn invisible, command plants, and see faeries in their true forms. With the help of her friends and her powers, Rue searches for answers to the mysteries around her and discovers her town is full of faeries, her father had an affair that drove her mother away, and her faerie grandfather may be coming to take her away. Best known for her "Spiderwick Chronicles" series, author Holly Black tackles her first graphic novel with The Good Neighbors, creating a contemporary faerie world that is fun to look at thanks to Ted Naifeh's moody black-and-white...

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