Language: G (0 swears, 0 ‘f’); Mature Content: G; Violence: PG (death)
BUYING ADVISORY: MS, HS - OPTIONAL
APPEALS TO: SOME
10yo Winnie escapes her very strict house and into the woods, where she finds a boy and a mysterious spring, which he won’t let her drink from. Taking her home with him, he introduces her to his family, all of whom drank from the spring more than 80 years ago - since it turned them immortal.
Babbitt and Woodman-Maynard reimagine the classic as a graphic novel. Seeing this in graphic form brings some parts which had faded in my memory to the forefront. I am not in favor of turning every classic into a graphic novel. There is a lot of depth of language that is lost and now I’m stuck with someone else’s pictures in my mind.
Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS
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