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CHESHIRE CROSSING

Sarah Andersen Andy Weir

CHESHIRE CROSSING brings together the heroines of Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, and The Wizard of Oz in a charming fantasy mash-up, brimming over with Andy's trademark wit and nerdy enthusiasm, and filtered through a decidedly quirky genre perspective.
Alice, Wendy, and Dorothy - after years of being labeled "crazy" for their insistence on the existence of other worlds - meet at Cheshire Crossing, a supernatural boarding school where they are finally believed and for the first time treated as the holders of special powers rather than freaks. They are meant to learn how to use and control their superheroic abilities, but quickly find themselves sucked back into their magical realms when a new threat arises. When the Wicked Witch and Captain Hook form an evil alliance to conquer the worlds of Oz, Neverland, and Wonderland, the girls must work together to save not only these fantastical lands but also Earth itself.

This "storybook meets superheroes" graphic novel features the original magical girls of fantasy embarking on exciting supernatural adventures in a tale that could only come from the imagination of Andy Weir and the illustrative sorcery of Sarah Andersen.

ANDY WEIR is the bestselling author of The Martian (Crown 2014; 3 million copies sold) as well as the hit follow up Artemis (Crown 2017; nearly 400k copies sold). He was a software engineer in his previous life and is a lifelong space nerd and devoted hobbyist of subjects such as relativistic physics, orbital mechanics, and the history of manned spaceflight. The Martian was made into a blockbuster film starring Matt Damon in 2015.

SARAH ANDERSEN is a cartoonist, illustrator, and the author of numerous books based on her Sarah's Scribbles webcomic series published on Tapas.io. She graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2014. Both her illustration and cartooning work have been recognized by the Society of Illustrators.
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Published 2019-07-16 by Ten Speed Press

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Published 2019-07-16 by Ten Speed Press

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Andy Weir, author of The Martian, Artemis, and The Egg, is back with a graphic novel like no other. What happens to Alice when she comes back from Wonderland? Wendy from Neverland? Dorothy from Oz? This graphic novel is an interesting cross over of three completely different characters from three completely different worlds. A unique story of what becomes of these characters when the worlds we know and have read have come to an end. ... Read more...

...an exhilarating convergence of literature's best female heroines... Fans of all ages will be surprised and enchanted by the way the girls are familiar yet more intense. They are no longer helpless and bumbling around, but take charge to start their own mischief. And when Captain Hook and the evil Witch of the West show up to challenge them? The girls and their fantastical friends put up a legendary fight.... Read more...

Weir (Artemis for adults) and Andersen (the Sarah's Scribbles series for adults) team up to bring Weir's early webcomic to print in this fantasy mash-up that pitches together Wendy Darling, Dorothy Gale, and Alice Liddell as teenagers diagnosed with "dissociative psychosis." ... Read more...

...an excellent graphic novel for teens and young adults, as well as any adults who like a side of wry wit with their genre-bending fantasy. Read more...

Deliciously funny... Andersen's delightful cartoon drawing style meshes perfectly with Weir's prose, allowing the work to broaden its appeal beyond middle graders to young adults and adults... A shrewd and spirited adaptation that will leave audiences hoping for another installment. Read more...

...Cheshire Crossing abounds with strong, unapologetic women, and while not exactly for children (The Peter Pan subplot had me rolling.), they will welcome it for its great, action-packed storytelling, while adults will revel in nostalgic=a as they find out "what happened next." ... Read more...

...Weir and Andersen's partnership on this book has brought about a universe and story that I really hope continues on into the future.... Read more...

Weir, author of the sci-fi book The Martian, and Andersen, known for her funny webcomic Sarah's Scribbles, may seem an unlikely pair, but they pull off this story admirably if not perfectly... A solid purchase for most collections.

film rights for CHESHIRE CROSSING were recently acquired by Amblin Partners! Michael De Luca, who was nominated for an Oscar for producing The Social Network, Moneyball and Captain Phillips, will produce the adaptation. A release date has not been announced yet. Read more...

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