A practical thirteen-year-old in charge of the family laundry business, Marjorie's daily routine features unforgiving customers, unbearable P.E. classes, and the fastidious Mr. Saubertuck who is committed to destroying everything she's worked for.
Wendell is a ghost. A boy who lost his life much too young, his daily routine features ineffective death therapy, a sheet-dependent identity, and a dangerous need to seek purpose in the forbidden human world.
When their worlds collide, Marjorie is confronted by unexplainable disasters as Wendell transforms Glatt's Laundry into his midnight playground, appearing as a mere sheet during the day. While Wendell attempts to create a new afterlife for himself, he unknowingly sabotages the life that Marjorie is struggling to maintain.
Written and illustrated by Brenna Thummler, Sheets portrays the determination of a young girl to fight, even when all parts of her world seem to be conspiring against her. It proves that second chances are possible whether life feels over or life is over. But above all, it is a story of the forgiveness and unlikely friendship that can only transpire inside a haunted laundromat.
Sheets will be available August 28, 2018. For more information on how to buy this title, please contact your DBD Sales Representative or send an email to our DBD Customer Service Representative Sophia Moreno here.
Brenna Thummler will be attending BookExpo and BookCon 2018 in New York City where she will be signing advanced copies of Sheets at the Lion Forge booth located at Booth #1802a. To preview her graphic novel, see below.
"Brenna Thummler's first original graphic novel is a reason to celebrate. She announced herself as an artist to reckon with when she illustrated Mariah Marsden's adaptation of Anne of Green Gables. Now she's illustrated her own story of ghosts and family, loneliness
and laundromats. I'm sure you'll be captivated, and as eager as I am to see what comes next!"
- BrianSelznick, creator of The Invention of Hugo Cabret
"Sweet, sad, funny, warm, and beautiful. If I can be forgiven for using this word, this is one that will haunt me, in the best way."
- DanaSimpson, creator of Phoebe and Her Unicorn
"For days after reading Brenna Thummler's SHEETS, I have been wandering my neighborhood, haunted, enchanted, and in need of freshly pressed clothing."
- LemonySnicket, creator of A Series of Unfortunate Events
“This heartfelt, lingering tale of friendship, family, and forgiveness will captivate children and adults alike, especially those who have experienced loss.”