The Wolves in the Walls By Neil Gaiman

The graphic novel, The Wolves in the Walls by Neil Gaiman was a very interesting book.  I found that in some parts I was scared to see what happened next.  The pictures through out the book were so gloomy that it makes the reader feel like they are in the story.  The story starts off with a young girl hearing noises in the walls.  The girl insists that the noises are being made by wolves but her family tells her that she is crazy and that it must be mice.  One day the wolves come out of the wall and Lucy's family has to make a run for it.  They end up having to live in their garden for a couple days.  Then one day Lucy decides to recommend living in the walls just like the wolves did.  The family goes to live in the walls and sees that the wolves are dancing, singing, wearing all of their clothes, eating all of their food, and destroying all of their prize possessions.  Lucy rallies up the family to fight back.  So the family comes out of the walls and scares the wolves away forever.  This book would also fall under the fantasy genre.  This story contains talking animals which closely relates to fantasy.  I would read this book to my class on the week of Halloween as a fun class read.  It is a good way to show students that graphic novels are not always just comic strips and that they can vary.

Note: This is my GRAPHIC NOVEL book