Snow White: A Graphic Novel

<b>A <i>New York Times</i> bestseller!<br>A <i>Wall Street Journal</i> 20 Best Children's Books of the Past 20 Years Selection <p/>Phelan's noir-esque adaptation of the classic fairy tale is atmospheric clever and touching. . . . A stunning genre-bending graphic novel. -- <i>School Library Journal </i>(starred review)</b> <p/>The curtain rises on New York City. The dazzling lights cast shadows that grow ever darker as the glitzy prosperity of the Roaring Twenties screeches to a halt. Enter a cast of familiar characters: a young girl Samantha White returning after being sent away by her cruel stepmother the Queen of the Follies years earlier; her father the King of Wall Street who survives the stock market crash only to suffer a strange and sudden death; seven street urchins brave protectors for a girl as pure as snow; and a mysterious stock ticker that holds the stepmother in its thrall churning out ticker tape imprinted with the wicked words: Another . . . More Beautiful . . . KILL.