The Horn Book Guide

OLDER FICTION

Westerfeld, Scott

Spill Zone

216 pp. | Roaring Brook/First Second | May, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-1-59643-936-8 $19.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-25016-429-2

(2) YA Illustrated by Alex Puvilland. Color by Hilary Sycamore. This first in a creepy, addictively suspenseful graphic-novel series makes for compulsive reading. Three years after "something strange" happened in Poughkeepsie, the "Spill Zone" is still cordoned off. Addie, who regularly and illegally rides through it on her motorcycle, is offered a million dollars to retrieve a single item from the Spill Zone. Dynamic layouts, striking use of color, and sketchy line work serve the story well.

Reviewer: Jonathan Hunt | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2017