When I first stumbled upon Fearbook Club on NetGalley, I was immediately pulled in by the cover. Then I read the description and was easily sold by its premise. A group of middle school students who are deemed the weirdos and forced to join Yearbook Club, only to discover there are ghosts of missing students lingering around campus. It’s a pretty fun concept, and while it isn’t always cohesive, it’s a rather easy read that celebrates the outcasts.

Fearbook Club, which hails from AfterShock Comics, was created by writer Richard Hamilton, artist Marco Matrone and letterer Dave Sharpe tells the story of four middle school outcasts that are forced to work together in a Yearbook Club. The lead character, Whit, is a shy 6th grader who loves photography and spends most of his free time taking photographs that he develops in his makeshift darkroom at home. It’s when he develops his film after he takes of a fellow student near a condemned building on school that his world becomes entwined in chaos. In the photo, Whit discovers other students in the picture — other students that were only visible through the photograph.

When Whit and the others try to unravel the mystery, they soon discover their school has a long track record of missing students that are seemingly forgotten. What unravels is a story of overcoming fear and doing what is right in the long run. Unfortunately, this is also where the story falls apart. Things become rushed that the last twenty pages become hard to follow. The mystery of who and what is behind the missing students is fascinating, but it’s not executed in the best way to truly benefit the story.

As for the artwork, it’s pretty great, honestly. It’s the artwork that carries the story. From the design of the “monster,” to the way the emotions are conveyed in scenes, the artwork tells the story wonderfully.

Overall, Fearbook Club isn’t a book everyone is going to love and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that. While it does have its issues, Fearbook Club is a book I would highly recommend to young readers because it tackles important topics such as overcoming fear, handling grief and finding yourself. Even better? It does so in a way to keep them invested in the story — it brings in a spooky element, all while still managing to stay reality-based.

Fearbook Club is a story that manages to tackle fear, grief and the pains of growing up through a spooky ghost story.

A graphic novel about a teenage boy named Whit Garcia. A shy kid who wants to be a photographer like his late father. This does not make him very popular at his new high school, but he’s used to it and doesn’t care that he is not part of the cool kids.

He’s volunteered into the Yearbook Club, where he notices every year there is a student who went missing and was never found. Soon those missing students start haunting him and the rest of the club, looking for help and revenge.

The story was very strong, and of course, had a nice interwoven commentary about the danger and results of bullying.

I really did enjoy this. The story was more than a ghost story, it was about fitting in, not fitting in, and finding friendship in unlikely people and places. Perfect for that teen who is lost in the huge, cruel world of high school. There is a lot here for them to identify with.

The artwork was done in perfect 90’s style and fit the story.

Thanks to @Netgalley, Diamond Book Distributors, SEISMIC PRESS and, Richard Hamilton for the eArc in exchange for my honest and unbiased opinion.

I was really looking fowards to read this graphic novel due to the fact that the cover brought me some sort of 90's nostalgia with the drawing style. And it didn't disspointed. The story is engaging and the essence of those stories I lçiked when I was younger, even the horror aspect had the brief touch of a more caricature style so I didn't hid inside my blanket after reading it lol
We had amazing characters that had their depths explored enough for you to care! The drama of being a teen, the love of a mother, friends that fight for you...these are some of the strong points of this story.

Lovely graphic novel that I found to be a great exploration of the middle school experience. My favorite characters were the twins, and the friendships in this book were nice and fun! Brilliant illustrations!

'Fearbook club' is a fun middle-grade graphic novel with a spooky vibe. I loved the concept, the art style and I loved the author's note at the end too.
It was definitely a fun read, but I think I'm not a middle-grade book lover anymore! So, I would like to recommend it to all middle-grade readers. Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher, I received this arc in exchange for an honest review.

Fearbook club is a fun middle grade graphic novel with a fun little twist of paranormal mysteries. We follow the new kid at school who gets involved with the yearbook club. This is where he discovers that the school has a dark secret. One student each year goes missing and no one seems to care.

It's a sweet quick read. I would recommend it to my little cousins as long as they don't scare easily.
it was quick to read and overall enjoyable. The characters were interesting but not my favourite. The art style was very cute and well done I enjoyed the colour pallet as it added more to the mysterious vibes of the book.

overall I give it a 4 stars~

*this was given to me on net galley in exchange for an honest review*

I liked it so much i would pass it around to all my friends with my name on it so hopefully i get it back.

This "comic" i mean graphic novel was really good, the 90's style it had, the ghosts, the meaning of the story was brilliant the way it focused all around bullying and the mom (literally made me love her more as i connected so much with her and her fears/anxieties) and the way Whit made friends with a camera in his hand was something you like to seen for teenagers.

3.5 stars rounded down to 3. It was a cute and fun ghost story with just the right amount of fantasy. I really liked most of the characters but the mom was my favourite. The friendships as well as Whit’s relationship with his mom were nicely done. I just wish certain aspects had been a little less on the nose and that others had been expanded on. Overall it’s perfect for the ghost loving tween in your life.

Fearbook club highlighted bullying as the main issue which at the end of the book you will learn how to be brave and conquer the fear. I love the friendship that has been shown by our main character which is Whit. Sometimes in order to move on, we have to deal with the fear that has been haunting us. make peace with our past so can live calmly in our present.

I received an e-copy from NetGalley for an honest review.

This was such a fun read with my kiddos.
Story is about a new kid who is forced to join yearbook class and strange things happen. He makes friends with the “weird” kids.
This graphic novel gave “goosebumps” vibes and we loved it!

I liked the concept, I liked the characters and plot, but it felt a bit rushed and confusing. The art style was interesting and enjoyable to read, but the narrative got confused somewhere in the middle and some things weren’t super clear to me but I think it’s an interesting and unique idea.

This graphic novel was a hella of fun to read it reminds me of my high school days depicts a true valuable yet simple moral lesson of teenage years. Having fun with the Yearbook Club all of the characters were interesting but the pacing of each panels in the comics seems to changing shockingly that's why I don't understand what happened to Principal Purvis.

All in all recommended for children who loves Goosebumps like setting read into graphic novel.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher, I received this arc in exchange for an honest review.

This was a really fun middle grade read. I liked the characters and I loved some of the visual jokes put in by the artist. The one complaint I have would be that I felt it could have been longer or even a series just to set up the stakes and give the characters a bit more room to breath. But who knows that might still happen even if this did wrap itself up just fine as a standalone.

Overall I enjoy this book enough to read it all in one sitting and will keep an eye out for more stuff from this team.

This was a spectacular middlegrade read. There are some references/themes that make the book enjoyable for most age groups - the twin girls being introduced, pretending to be ghosts, was funny and heavily reminiscent of horror movie twins which was, obviously, purposeful <3. The main characters have some backgrounds that impact the ways in which they act and interact and the plot of the narrative makes the characters confront their pasts and their fears to move forward and process. It's just a good, healthy theme overall.
Additionally, I think the art was good! I just love graphic novels and I only ever read graphic novels with art I like. But it is always worth commenting on - the art is communicative. The way Whit's mother's hair is designed really indicates something about her personality. The little details just illustrate the value of the art to the narrative in this book.
Overall a four out of five. It was very fun to read.

Really enjoyed this! I loved the authors note at the end too;)
The graphic novel has a great message! And I recommend for all middle grade readers or any reader actually:))
Thank you to the publisher and netgalley for the arc♥️

This graphic novel was a fun story that had some pretty interesting characters in it. Was it groundbreaking? No, but it wasn't awful.

We follow Whit Garcia as he starts sixth grade. He wears a camera around his neck and enjoys taking pictures. Until he accidentally gets a pic of a new possible bully who can't stand having his picture taken.

The principal is a WOC which was nice to see and she puts Whit in yearbook club. There he meets the Kim twins, his possible bully (don't worry they're friends by the end) and the yearbook leader: the eccentric drama teacher who is more interested in his non-existent career than yearbook or teaching.

Like I said, nothing groundbreaking there.

Or with the ghosts. They can be seen through a camera, light messes with them, it's the usual kind of rundown.

It's the characters that make this an interesting read. Whit is an anxious kid but his mother is so much worse. I could see how a parent would end up that way. The school has tasked the mother with writing a comfort letter. Something Whit could read should the worst come to pass. It shattered my heart to imagine doing that.

Now, kids have been going missing every year and the principal keeps dropping the word centuries as she talks about her time as a teacher.

So much is rushed and I mean so much. Maybe this story would have benefitted from being a split volume situation. Then both could have been longer and it would have allowed for them to deal with the ghosts and spirits more and in more detail.

Time is a joke in this story. It passes wildly and you only know it has passed because someone says something or there's a little panel that says "x amount of time later". And that was honestly the biggest issue with the story. It was short because the entire story had to be wedged into a short format and the ending was harmed by it because it was so fast. All of the pacing was sort of harmed by the fact it was so short.

If it had been two volumes it would have been amazing just because it would have had room to breathe.

Overall I did like the story, I give it a three (3) star rating. Diversity was there which we love but there were just issues with pacing and things that just sort of stopped. Like the principal's situation was flustering.

All in all, 3 stars. Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher, I received this arc in exchange for an honest review.

Fearbook Club is just what I'm looking for in my library. It's spooky, fun, and heartfelt, things my students are always after. It reminds a lot of Stranger Things, which is a good thing! It has a grieving mother trying to find her lost son, a quirky group of kids on a mission, and a really similar monster. All of this made it a super-fast and entertaining read. Also, I really was creeped out at times, so that's a bonus.

I have two small issues, which is that the plot felt choppy and the art didn't always work for me. I was bored by it some times, other times it really popped. I think its overall not a style that appeals to me but could easily appeal to our students. I also wish some characters had a little more depth, but that could just be because this is for and about 6th graders.

Overall, I think this is a fun book that kids will really dig. It checks several boxes on what I like in a graphic novel.

This is such a interesting comic, Tha happens around the fear of the characters, what made me Give this note is It's just that I thought the passage of time in this comic It happened too fast.

Whit has to go to a new school. His father has died, and left him his camera, and so that is what he clings to.

And this school that he goes to has an older campus that has ghosts.

But the ghosts have been forgotten.

Until Whit discovers them.

That is the basic story, but the problem is, we have to go all around Robin Hood's barn to get there. It is never clear that this has been going on a long long time, and that no one has noticed it, until Whit discovers that there is a missing child in each year in the year books, dating back to when the school was founded.

Could be better executed, but not bad.
<em>Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review. </em>

This book was so great!!! I really really enjoyed it. The artwork was excellent, and the story kept me hanging the whole time. I love how the ghost kids showed up in the photographs.