(4) 4-6 Graphic Universe: The Elsewhere Chronicles series. Translated by Carol Klio Burrell. Illustrated by Bannister & Jaffré. In this fourth series installment, Rebecca has contracted a terminal illness and needs to return to the magical world of Elsewhere. A ghostly figure brings her the strength go back, but is she being led into a trap? Though some plot elements aren't entirely convincing, the dramatically colored illustrations help build suspense.

Reviewer: Beth L. Meister

(4) 4-6 Graphic Universe: The Elsewhere Chronicles series. Translated by Carol Klio Burrell. Illustrated by Bannister & Jaffré. Four friends discover a passage to a dangerous new world (Book One). Rebecca and Max are stranded there; back on Earth, Noah and Theo work to rescue them (Book Two). Book Three finds the four together and in trouble again. Readers who aren't sticklers for logic will find this dramatically illustrated graphic novel series a diverting vision of a dark and magical world. Review covers these Graphic Universe: The Elsewhere Chronicles titles: The Master of Shadows, The Shadow Door, and The Shadow Spies.

Reviewer: Beth L. Meister

(4) 4-6 Graphic Universe: The Elsewhere Chronicles series. Translated by Carol Klio Burrell. Illustrated by Bannister & Jaffré. Four friends discover a passage to a dangerous new world (Book One). Rebecca and Max are stranded there; back on Earth, Noah and Theo work to rescue them (Book Two). Book Three finds the four together and in trouble again. Readers who aren't sticklers for logic will find this dramatically illustrated graphic novel series a diverting vision of a dark and magical world. Review covers these Graphic Universe: The Elsewhere Chronicles titles: The Master of Shadows, The Shadow Door, and The Shadow Spies.

Reviewer: Beth L. Meister

(4) 4-6 Graphic Universe: The Elsewhere Chronicles series. Translated by Carol Klio Burrell. Illustrated by Bannister & Jaffré. Four friends discover a passage to a dangerous new world (Book One). Rebecca and Max are stranded there; back on Earth, Noah and Theo work to rescue them (Book Two). Book Three finds the four together and in trouble again. Readers who aren't sticklers for logic will find this dramatically illustrated graphic novel series a diverting vision of a dark and magical world. Review covers these Graphic Universe: The Elsewhere Chronicles titles: The Master of Shadows, The Shadow Door, and The Shadow Spies.

Reviewer: Beth L. Meister