The Sister Who Ate Her Brothers: And Other Gruesome Tales (Hardcover)
In this collection, fourteen of fairy tales from around the world are retold for young readers, restored to their original, grisly versions.
Do you dare read this collection of terrifyingly gruesome tales? In this gripping volume, author Jen Campbell offers young readers an edgy, contemporary, and inclusive take on classic fairy tales, taking them back to their gory beginnings while updating them for a modern audience with queer and disabled characters and positive representation of disfigurement.
Featuring fourteen short stories from China, India, Ireland, and across the globe, The Sister Who Ate Her Brothers is an international collection of the creepiest folk tales. Illustrated with Adam de Souza’s brooding art, this book’s style is a totally original blend of nineteenth-century Gothic engravings meets moody film noir graphic novels. Headlined by the Korean tale of a carnivorous child, The Sister Who Ate Her Brothers is a truly thrilling gift for brave young readers.
Adam de Souza is an illustrator and comic artist based in Vancouver, Canada. His clients include Vice, Globe and Mail, and Live Magazine.
Europe, and North and Central America...reflect a more inclusive
worldview, with queer and disabled protagonists of many ethnicities...
De Souza's conventionally hip, cartoonish illustrations blunt the
well-told tales' sharp edges, but not their messages of resourcefulness
and diversity.
— Publishers Weekly
This collection...intentionally avoids the Disney-fication of
folklore... These tales are disturbing—and satisfyingly so... Certainly
many gore-loving middle-grade readers will devour these... Atmospheric
illustrations pair effectively with the text, and Campbell departs from
tradition to include overtly feminist stories as well as gay and lesbian
romance without a hint of societal condemnation... Creepy and
progressive.
— Kirkus Reviews