Very sweet. Guaranteed to leave you with the fuzzy feelings inside. This graphic novel is all about coping: with death, with loss, with life. Our two main characters are tied together by this coping and trying to just get through day by day. An unlikely friendship and a happy ending.

I love it when two worlds collide in such a beautiful way, especially when you're not sure how the two story lines go together to begin with. Wendell is a ghost who feels lost in his world and still wants to have a purpose in the human world. Marjorie is a smart thirteen year old who's taken charge of her family's laundry business who faces tough days at school, unforgiving customers and one particular man who's bent on taking all that she's worked for away from her.

I won't say more so that you can discover for yourself how these two worlds collide but this is a great read about friendship and forgiveness, loss and having the strength to fight against a world that only seems to push you down. A great read for middle and high school grades and adults as well!

Sheets is a graphic novel about a girl named Marjorie whose mother has died and father rarely leaves his room. Marjorie runs her parents’ laundry business after school. It is struggling and a sneaky man is trying to take the building from them to start a yoga resort.

Meanwhile, a ghost named Wendell is having trouble adjusting to the Land of Ghosts and begins to visit the laundry at night where he builds blanket forts and otherwise messes up the store. He attempts to help Marjorie, but things don’t go as planned.

This story was so creative and fun. The Land of Ghosts comes with its own rules and reckoning, and Wendell prefers the world of humans.

We also get to see how Marjorie deals with having to be the business owner and deal with normal school drama in the wake of her mother’s death.

Wendell’s story provides levity against the gravity of Marjorie’s. I definitely recommend this book for adults and young adults.

Disclaimer: I received an advance-read copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Marjorie Glatt is 13 years old. Her mother has died, her father stays in his room and her younger brother asks Marjorie if dad is going to be there at breakfast? Marjorie is running the laundermat that her mother started up.she opens it when she comes home from school. Home is above the laundermat. Her customers are nice though some are difficult. Even though she has a great deal of responsibility since her mom died, she often feels invisible. Why? Meanwhile Wendell discovers he is a ghost. He seeks Marjorie for friendship as he finds the other ghosts to be difficult with. Wendell tries to help Marjorie but creates problems due to his help. Will Wendell and Marjorie become friends? Meanwhile a man, Mr. Saubertuck is trying to get Marjorie to sell him the laundermat and he will let her family live in a room in the spa he is going to build and she can work for him. She keeps saying no.. Mr. Saubertack is doing his best to destroy her business. Will he succeed?

Sheets is a delightful graphic novel illustrated in pinks and blues. In this story, ghosts are friendly, not scared. The story is a great story of friendship and not giving up.

A sweet story about friendship beautifully illustrated in a subtle pastel palette, Sheets is the story of Marjorie Glatt, a young teenage girl struggling to cope in the aftermath of her mother's death, While her father wallows in his grief she struggles to keep the family business going , despite growing pressure from a local businessman who has his eye on the site for development, She also has the same obstacles to overcome as most teenage girls, struggling to fit in at school etc. When the family laundromat becomes haunted by the ghost of a young boy things go from bad to worse, as his presence creates even more chaos for Marjorie to deal with.
Sweetly sad and beautifully illustrated , this moving story of loss and survival is definitely worth checking out.
I read and reviewed an ARC courtesy of NetGalley and the publisher, all opinions are my own.

Great read, great artwork. I'd love to see this book join the often paltry selection of great YA graphic novels in bookstores and libraries.

Sheets follows the story of two main characters, Marjorie and Wendell, and how they worlds collide.
Marjorie is 13 and in charge of our family's laundry business and her day to day life dealing with annoying customers.
Wendell is a ghost who is travelling back to the human world.

I was first attracted to this cover because I was really intrigued by the cover. I had absolutely no idea what I was getting into. I have to mention first that I absolutely loved the illustrations for this book.
The story was also adorable and emotional, definitely worth the read!

What an awesome book!!!! I really enjoyed it and it was a super fun read. I loved the style of the writing and the artwork too!

Such a fascinating exploration of the afterlife, and the lingering effects of loss.

Wonderfully written and drawn, Sheets tugs at the heart strings. A great title to explore themes of loss with students.

I especially enjoyed how Thummier weaves in elements of the fantastic with the realistic. It resonates emotionally, as your heart breaks for the main characters, while you get mad at those who work against them.

Sheets follows Marjorie, a 13-year-old who feels so out of place in her life. Her mother died just last year and her father's suffering from a broken heart so Marjorie is left to run their laundromat and take care of her little brother all while going to school. On the flip side, Wendell is a young ghost boy who wants out of this ghost world because he feels he doesn't belong there. These two cross paths and form an unlikely friendship and find their places in each of their worlds.

The artwork of this is one of the most gorgeous, captivating, atmospheric things I've ever seen in a graphic novel so that alone earns 5 stars. However, the plot wasn't as fast-moving as I had wanted it to be. I was almost bored while reading it for the first 3/4th of the book but I eventually grew to enjoy it and the story flew by. I don't think this one is going to stick with me for a long time but I do recommend picking it up and giving it a try if you're interested!

I enjoyed this. The art was lovely, I especially loved the color palette. The story itself was very basic — which isn’t a bad thing, but it did leave me wanting more from this. Some aspects also felt unbelievable to me, in particular that the main character is about 13 and expected to run her family’s laundermat after the death of her mother. I wondered if the ghosts were her coping mechanism, a hallucination, how she came to deal with her mother’s sudden death and her fathers complete lack of reaponsibility. But the text seemed too basic for that, and it didn’t hint that way. It’s a bit disappointing if the ghosts are meant to be real, because their circumstance is unbelievable, but that’s what I think the text was trying to convey. Regardless — a good enough story arc with exceptional art.

Really loved this one, it managed to give me the feeling of freshly done, fluffy towels, really; I think it was the really clever use of color palette throughout, with the smart switch for the ghost sections! It was a refreshing surprise to see a story where decency wins out. I would recommend this one to anyone who wants a positive, heartfelt lift in a fairly quick read.

Thanks to Lion Forge and NetGalley for the ARC

Sheets is a comic that tells the stories of both Marjorie and Wendell.
Marjorie is thirteen and in charge of the family laundry business. See, her dad is not really there anymore, not since her mom died and she has to take care of the business and of her little brother.
Wendell is a ghost, and he doesn’t get along with the other kid ghosts. So he runs away and somehow ends up in Marjorie’s shop…

Sheets was a cute story but it was also very touching.
I had a very good time reading it. It was a fast read but I still felt a lot.
The characters were interesting and pretty deep.
I even teared up a little.
I wish there was more...

<p>A sweet, predictable, read about a grieving girl running a laundromat. There's an evil fat (literally) cat property developer wanting to buy the laundromat and kick out the family. Will the girl with the help of her ghostly friends save everything in time?</p>

<p><b>Spoiler</b>: I said it was predictable, so yes, obviously they will. Everything works out in the end. I wish the real world were as ultimately karmic as here. Really, that's what makes me saddest about the story -- just how in the real world, being sweet and kind may not mean you win at the end of the day.</p>

<p>In any case, my nine year old read <A href="https://www.librarything.com/work/21625069/book/156426500">Sheets</a> about thirty times in a row. For about a month, it was always the last thing opened on my reading app because she would just read it from start to finish again and again and again. I hope she absorbed some of the message and turns out to be sweet and kind too.</p>

<p><A href="https://www.librarything.com/work/21625069/book/156426500">Sheets</a> by Brenna Thummler went on sale August 28, 2018.</p>

<p><small>I received a copy free from <a href="https://www.netgalley.com/">Netgalley</a> in exchange for an honest review.</small></p>

Sheets-I have a relationship with Sheets myself. The smell of freshly washed sheets hung outside on a clothesline reminds me of laundry days with my mother. The art work is vibrant. The characters lovable. Heart warming story.
I so enjoyed this graphic by Thumler. #Sheets #netgalley #BrennaThumler

‘Sheets’: Ghosts and Visitations in Graphic Novel Form
Posted on August 25, 2018 by Mariana Ruiz • 0 Comments
Reading Time: 3 minutes
This graphic novel mixes cuteness with haunting, but it goes deeper than you’d think.

Writer and Artist: Brenna Thummler
Marjorie Glatt is full of ghosts: sadness and grief are the overwhelming first two, but there are also other types of beings haunting her.

After her mother dies, she is in charge of the family laundry business. Her father is so depressed he can barely stand up, and her toddler brother is what keeps her going, even if all of that is a bit too much for a thirteen-year-old.



Also, there is Mr. Saubertuck, a weird and annoying fat man who wants her house and that harasses her in every possible way. He is a bit of a loony and could be deemed harmless, but when you are as alone as Marjorie is, “harmless” is not what it used to be.



Now, on another dimension but in the same physical spot, there’s Wendell: he is a ghost, recently deceased. He is new to Ghost Town and is unable to adjust, so, one day, he decides to land on Marjorie’s laundry.



Ghost Town is what hit the spot for me: all of the ghosts are covered in sheets, they have a council, high school cliques, and even a death therapist; they are a society on their own, but somebody can feel lonely even there. I liked that.



I also liked the unlikely friendship Marjorie and Wendell develop. I think it works as a metaphor for sadness and empathy, for despair and bad feelings, for the way things can brighten up if only you can share these feelings with someone else—even if that someone is dead.

The visuals work perfectly. There are lots of double spreads that reflect how tiny one can feel in an unsympathetic world. But they always have a glimmer of hope, even in the darkest panels. I liked that too—very much.

Sheets is on sale August 28th, 2018.

Publisher: Diamond Book Distributors/ Lion Forge
Publication Date: August 28, 2018
Edition: Paperback
Price: $12.99 (USD)
Age range: 14
ISBN 9781941302675
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels, Sci Fi & Fantasy

Featured image by Brenna Thummler, all images belong Diamond Book Distributors

One of my pet peeves is adults not taking care of kids, so I found this book hard to read. Marjorie feels like no one is on her side and she is totally right. That is distressing. Things work out but only because she finds help from an unexpected source. Loved the drawings, but found the story depressing.

A very charming and heartwarming graphic novel about a young girl dealing with grief, "Sheets" was the healing from grief through a child's eyes and I loved it. Marjorie as the main character really took you by the hand and led you through her story, and the introduction of ghosts was entirely whimsical and so much fun. Overall, this was a great read that I deeply enjoyed!

I adore the vivid pastel color palette with all the pinks, purples, and turquoise greens. Its a stark contrast from its melancholy story of a girl named Marjorie Glatts who's dealing with the death of her mother, her despondent father, bullies of both the high school mean girl and creepy old guy variety, as well as keeping her late mother's beloved laundromat afloat. Wendell is a ghost who's struggling to fit in his world which leads him to venturing into the Glatts' laundromat. I was expecting a cute fluffy ghost story but this was a bit heavier than I hoped for. Wendell's kindness and innocence was a saving grace though.

*I was provided a digital copy of this graphic novel via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*

To be fair, this was most likely labelled as a Young Adult graphic novel, and therefore I may not have been the target reader. It certainly has not appealed to me in any way. The story feels clichéd: teenager loses her mother and is forced to carry on with the family business and mostly every other chore since her father, as self-pitious as can be, won't take care of either her or her little brother..
Parallel to that story, there's a a ghost town (as in a town where ghosts go after they die), from where the other main character flees back into the world of the living only to involuntarily make our protagonist's life a bit more miserable. The fact she works in a laundry and that ghosts are seen as floating sheets is perhaps all too convenient, which again may be suitable for Young Adult target reader but to me felt like a cheap trick.
Other people in the story, like the antagonist businessman, are nothing but cardboard characters, and their design, especially the faces, I think could be improved.
The background drawings, though, I found impressive.