Sheets by Brenna Thummler

Sheets by Brenna Thummler

2018 Barnes & Noble Best Book
2021 Amazon Teacher's Pick

"For days after reading Brenna Thummler's Sheets I have been wandering my neighborhood, haunted, enchanted, and in need of freshly pressed clothing." --Lemony Snicket

A story of ghosts, family, loneliness, and laundromats.

Marjorie Glatt feels like a ghost. A practical thirteen-year-old in charge of the family laundry business, her daily routine features unforgiving customers, unbearable P.E. classes, and the fastidious Mr. Saubertuck who is committed to destroying everything she's worked for. Wendell is a ghost. A boy who lost his life much too young, his daily routine features ineffective death therapy, a sheet-dependent identity, and a dangerous need to seek purpose in the forbidden human world. When their worlds collide, Marjorie is confronted by unexplainable disasters as Wendell transforms Glatt's Laundry into his midnight playground, appearing as a mere sheet during the day. While Wendell attempts to create a new afterlife for himself, he unknowingly sabotages the life that Marjorie is struggling to maintain.

Sheets illustrates the determination of a young girl to fight, even when all parts of her world seem to be conspiring against her. It proves that second chances are possible whether life feels over or life is over. But above all, it is a story of the forgiveness and unlikely friendship that can only transpire inside a haunted laundromat.

Brian Selznick -- Brenna Thummler's first original graphic novel is a reason to celebrateShe announced herself as an artist to reckon with when she illustrated Mariah Marsden's adaptation of Anne of Green Gables. Now she's illustrated her own story of ghosts and family, loneliness and laundromats. I'm sure you'll be captivated, and as eager as I am to see what comes next!


Dana Simpson (Phoebe and Her Unicorn) -- Sweet, sad, funny, warm, and beautiful. If I can be forgiven for using this word, this is one that will haunt me, in the best way.

BRENNA THUMMLER grew up in Pennsylvania, where she was able to pursue her hobbies for hiking trails, arachid butter, and, above all, drawing. She has worked for clients such as the New York Times and the Washington Post after graduating from Ringling Institute of Art and Design.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781941302675
ISBN 10	194130267X
Title	Sheets
Author	Brenna Thummler
Series	Sheets
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Oni Press,US
Year published	2023-02-21
Number of pages	240
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.