Sistah Scifi and Fabulize selected Northranger by Rey Terciero as their August reading selection for their graphic novel book club. Each month, Sistah Scifi–the leading bookstore specializing in BIPOC science fiction and fantasy titles– selects a graphic novel to read together as a community.

This month, we will dive into another retelling. Northranger is a graphic novel inspired by Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey. Part horror, part romance, this coming-of-age paranormal graphic novel will certainly be entertaining for book nerds. Check out the description of the book below from HarperCollins.

A graphic novel retelling.

In this swoony and spooky teen summer romance graphic novel set on a Texas ranch, sixteen-year-old Cade Muñoz finds himself falling for the ranch owner’s mysterious and handsome son, only to discover that he may be harboring a dangerous secret.

Cade has always loved to escape into the world of a good horror movie. After all, horror movies are scary—but to Cade, a closeted queer Latino teen growing up in rural Texas—real life can be way scarier.

When Cade is sent to spend the summer working as a ranch hand to help earn extra money for his family, he is horrified. Cade hates everything about the ranch, from the early mornings to the mountains of horse poop he has to clean up. The only silver lining is the company of the two teens who live there—in particular, the ruggedly handsome and enigmatic Henry.

But as unexpected sparks begin to fly between Cade and Henry, things get…complicated. Henry is reluctant to share the details of his mother’s death, and Cade begins to wonder what else he might be hiding. Inspired by the gothic romance of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey and perfect for fans of Heartstopper and Bloom comes a modern love story so romantic it’s scary.

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