Things in the Basement Amanda Conner Whether she's ready for it

Whether she's ready for it or not

which seems unlikely for a girl who’d rather write in her diary than express her feelings out loud

as they try to assimilate (or stand apart)

as they dive into this pioneering graphic novel adventure from Dav Pilkey

Things in the Basement Amanda Conner Whether she's ready for itBy Ben Hatke. Published by First Second. Softcover, 240 pages, Colour, 2023. From New York Times bestselling author Ben Hatke comes Things in the Basement, a young readers graphic novel about Milo, a young boy who discovers a portal to a secret world in his basement. It was supposed to just be a normal basementsome storage boxes, dust, you know, the usual basement stuff. But when Milo is sent by his mother to fetch a sock from the basement of the