Ever After

  • Interest Level: Grade 9 - Grade 12
  • Reading Level: Grade 7

Stranded between safe zones, Vivi and Eva are two travelers in a countryside filled with the undead. The survivors of their world live behind barricades—and live in fear of the next attack.

After their train breaks down, the young women partner up to stay alive. Vivi is struggling with grief—and guilt—over the loss of her sister. Eva is hiding the start of a horrifying transformation. Together they’ll face heat, zombie hordes, and their own inner demons, searching for signs of life in a land of the dead. This graphic novel addition to an enduring genre is thoughtful and emotion-driven, but also full of zombie scares and action.

“Both thoughtful and terrifying, and an unexpected take on a familiar premise.”—School Library Journal

" . . . Vieweg offers an art-house take on a normally gory and typically action-packed subject . . . A melancholic but multicolored apocalyptic tale told with originality." —Kirkus Reviews

“There’s a twisted fairy-tale feel throughout, especially apparent when Vivi stumbles across a tea party reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland that is hosted by a plant-life sprouting zombie who cultivates a beautiful garden fertilized by others of her kind. Horror fans will welcome this fresh take on the zombie trope. Readers will find Vivi and Eva’s plight, flight, and enduring friendship both touching and compelling.”—School Library Media Connection

“There is a raw, fearless physicality to [Vieweg’s] work that sets it apart.” — Marc-Oliver Frisch, The Comics Journal

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Interest Level Grade 9 - Grade 12
Reading Level Grade 7
Genre Graphic Novels, Young Adult
Copyright 2020
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Graphic Universe ™
Language English
Number of Pages 288
Publication Date 2020-09-01
Text Type Fiction—Paranormal
BISACS YAF010120, YAF070000, YAF022000
Dewey 741.5/973
Dimensions 6 x 9
Lexile 430
Features Author/Illustrator biography, Awards, Original artwork, and Reviewed

Author, Illustrator: Olivia Vieweg

Olivia Vieweg was born in Jena, Germany, and received her degree in visual communications at Bauhaus University, Weimar. In addition to creating comics, she also illustrates children’s books. Find her online at https://www.olivia-vieweg.de and on Twitter at @olivia_vieweg.

Awards

  • Global Literature in Libraries Translated YA Book Prize, Short-listed, 2021

Reviews

Kirkus Reviews

" . . . Vieweg offers an art-house take on a normally gory and typically action-packed subject . . . A melancholic but multicolored apocalyptic tale told with originality." —Kirkus Reviews

School Library Journal

“Both thoughtful and terrifying, and an unexpected take on a familiar premise.”—School Library Journal