Black Sand Beach 1: Are You Afraid of the Light?
  • Published: 16 July 2020
  • ISBN: 9781645950004
  • Imprint: Holiday House
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $45.00

Black Sand Beach 1: Are You Afraid of the Light?

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21 Jul 2020
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Twelve-year-old Dash and his best friend Lily are spending the summer at Black Sand Beach, where Dash's family has a house. Lily can't understand why Dash isn't more excited. Three months of surf, sand, and sun. It should be a dream!

But Black Sand Beach is not that kind of vacation spot.

The house is a shack, and all of Dash's weird relatives are there. More alarming is the zombie ram that crashes through the front yard and the eerie voices calling out to Dash from the lighthouse--a lighthouse that hasn't been operational in a hundred years. . . .

So Dash has a new plan for his summer vacation. . . . Survive.

Full of unexpected twists, Are You Afraid of the Light? begins a delightfully creepy graphic novel series that readers will devour. (But keep a flashlight handy.)


Named to the Texas Little Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List

This summer vacation is anything but a dream trip. The first book in a spooky, witty new graphic novel series from bestselling Blastosaurus creator Richard Fairgray, perfect for fans of Gravity Falls, Rickety Stitch, and Fake Blood.

Twelve-year-old Dash and his best friend Lily are spending the summer at Black Sand Beach, where Dash's family has a house. Lily can't understand why Dash isn't more excited. Three months of surf, sand, and sun. It should be a dream!

But Black Sand Beach is not that kind of vacation spot.

The house is a shack, and all of Dash's weird relatives are there. More alarming is the zombie ram that crashes through the front yard and the eerie voices calling out to Dash from the lighthouse--a lighthouse that hasn't been operational in a hundred years. . . .

So Dash has a new plan for his summer vacation. . . . Survive.

Full of unexpected twists, Are You Afraid of the Light? begins a delightfully creepy graphic novel series that readers will devour. (But keep a flashlight handy.)
  • Published: 16 July 2020
  • ISBN: 9781645950004
  • Imprint: Holiday House
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $45.00
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About the author

Richard Fairgray

Richard Fairgray is a NZ writer and illustrator who works on comics, picture books and screenplays. He has been publishing work since he was seven years old, and has more than 200 titles to his name.

A former teacher and stand-up comedian, and a self-confessed workaholic, Richard's deep-seated fear that he may be a fictional character only serves to drive him harder. He insists that if he doesn't get enough done he'll have to come back as a ghost to finish off.

portrait photo of Richard Fairgray

Also by Richard Fairgray

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Black Sand Beach 3: Have You Seen the Darkness?
Black Sand Beach 2: Do You Remember the Summer Before?
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Praise for Black Sand Beach 1: Are You Afraid of the Light?

Praise for Black Sand Beach:
"Creepy, bizarre, and compelling." --Kirkus Reviews

"With a large cast and plenty of surprising developments, the book plants seeds for potential future story lines, even as layers of its mystery are peeled away to ensure immediate satisfaction. Funny and playful but also creepy and intriguing, Black Sand Beach: Are You Afraid of the Light? is an entertaining graphic novel that establishes a rich world of possibilities and impossibilities." --Foreword Reviews

"Fairgray keeps the humor high to soften some genuine spookiness and crafts a cast that readers will want to follow into future volumes." --Booklist

"Creepy fun tempered by plenty of silliness." --School Library Journal

"This graphic novel was designed with digestible chapters allowing for good breaking points in the stories. . . . This first title in a new graphic novel series features just the right mix of Gravity Falls and Goosebumps that kids will love." --School Library Connection

"I loved the humor and weirdness of it. . . . The characters are so confident in this world that you take comfort in how they saunter through it." --A Fuse #8 Production

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