The Backstagers and the Ghost Light (Backstagers #1) illustrated by Frederick Peeters

The Backstagers and the Ghost Light (Backstagers #1) illustrated by Frederick PeetersThe Backstagers and the Ghost Light is the first in a middle grade series based on the award winning comics from cocreator Rian Sygh and actor Andy Mientus. The stage crew at St. Genesius Prepor Backstagers, as they like to call themselvesare ready for whatever the theater world can throw their way: the madness of tech week, inevitable prop malfunctions, and all the paranormal activity that goes on behind the scenes. Luckily Jory, Hunter, Sasha,

the Sisters Grimm defend the Big Bad Wolf

or even a dog liker

at a career that began when he was a young deli worker grinding out jokes for old-school borscht belt comedians in his spare time

Emmy-nominated writer Laurie Kilmartin

From the frigid waters off Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula to Nazaré

and learn about the evolution and domestication of chickens

Sarah Silverman

Astri makes a daring escape

Portis focuses on and plays with the wide range of expression found in American speech

and brutally honest

directed by Greta Gerwig

From author Jonah Winter and illustrator Stacy Innerst