My Favorite Thing Is Monsters

  In this debut, which takes the form of a fictional graphic diary, a 10-year-old girl tries to solve a murder.Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late ’60s Chicago, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters is the fictional graphic diary of 10-year-old Karen Reyes, filled with B-movie horror and pulp monster magazines iconography. Karen Reyes tries to solve the murder of her enigmatic upstairs neighbor, Anka Silverberg, a holocaust survivor, while the interconnected stories of those around her unfold. When Karen’s investigation takes us back to Anka’s life in Nazi Germany, the reader discovers how the personal, the political, the past, and the present converge. Full-color illustrations throughout.      Publisher ‏ : ‎ Fantagraphics; Illustrated edition (February 14, 2017)    Language ‏ : ‎ English    Paperback ‏ : ‎ 416 pages    ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1606999591    ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1606999592    Reading age ‏ : ‎ 16 years and up    Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.1 pounds    Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.1 x 1.3 x