The Deep Dark: A Graphic Novel [Paperback]

Everyone has secrets. Magss 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 theres 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 wont get attached, of course. Shes always been strong enough to survive without anyones 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.

* Pairing measured pacing, dynamic paneling, robust dialogue, and abundantly realized main and supporting characters, Ostertag (The Girl from the Sea) delivers an expansive triumph--her best yet--to examine issues of grief, identity, intergenerational trauma, and reconnection. --Publishers Weekly, starred review

* An optimistic message of acceptance and love that insists that the parts of ourselves we dont like & should be cared for at all costs. & Spellbinding --Kirkus Reviews, starred review

* Visually evocative & demonstrates once again [Ostertags] ability to build immersive and moving stories of self-acceptance. --Booklist, starred rel£8