{"product_id":"spill-zone-book-1-9781250158727","title":"Spill Zone Book 1","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDo you dare enter the Spill Zone? The first volume of this dystopian graphic novel duology by science fiction visionary Scott Westerfeld and artist Alex Puvilland is now in paperback!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThree years ago an event destroyed the small city of Poughkeepsie, forever changing reality within its borders. Uncanny manifestations and lethal dangers now await anyone who enters the Spill Zone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Spill claimed Addison's parents and scarred her little sister, Lexa, who hasn't spoken since. Addison provides for her sister by photographing the Zone's twisted attractions on illicit midnight rides. Art collectors pay top dollar for these bizarre images, but getting close enough for the perfect shot can mean death--or worse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen an eccentric collector makes a million-dollar offer, Addison breaks her own hard-learned rules of survival and ventures farther than she has ever dared. Within the Spill Zone, Hell awaits--and it seems to be calling Addison's name. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFind out what happens in \u003ci\u003eSpill Zone. \u003c\/i\u003eAnd don't miss the sequel, \u003ci\u003eSpill Zone: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Broken Vow\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a stunning graphic novel written by the author of the Uglies series, the Leviathan and Midnighters trilogies, as well as \u003ci\u003eSo Yesterday, Peeps\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Last Days\u003c\/i\u003e. This book is printed in stunning full color, with art by Alex Puvilland and colors by Hilary Sycamore. The trade paperback edition includes a 21-page bonus comic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eSpill Zone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Addison is particularly complex: though she is sympathetic, her decisions are intentionally presented as morally questionable. Harsh profanity and violence make this a more appropriate choice for mature readers. \u003cb\u003eThis unnerving, gripping title--Westerfeld's first original graphic novel--is bound to entice older comics fans, especially those interested in darker sci-fi and nuanced characterization\u003c\/b\u003e. . . . A must-have for teen and graphic novel collections.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eFascinating\u003c\/b\u003e and hard to forget.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eA little\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003edark, a little twisted, and completely enthralling\u003c\/b\u003e.\" --Marissa Meyer, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of The Lunar Chronicles and \u003ci\u003eHeartless\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eAmazing.\u003c\/b\u003e\" --io9 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Expect some\u003cb\u003e stunning sci-fi spectacle \u003c\/b\u003ewhen Addison ventures into the Spill Zone.\" --\u003ci\u003eA.V. Club\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Readers will have no problem rooting for Addison--and fearing for her. . . . As frightening as Spill Zone can be, though, its greatest asset is its muscle tensing suspense. \u003cb\u003eReading it feels like binge-watching a great cable series\u003c\/b\u003e, complete with the same feeling of despair you get when you finish the final episode and realize you've got . . . to wait for the next season.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Puvilland, an animator for DreamWorks, has \u003cb\u003ea rough, kinetic style that brings to life the rough, kinetic world \u003c\/b\u003eof Spill Zone. . . . Westerfeld does not overburden the story with unnecessary dialogue or narration. He deftly joins the ranks of other established YA authors like M. T. Anderson and Marissa Meyer who, as of late, have taken a break from prose to produce comics.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eIf Katniss Everdeen's your gal, you're going to want to meet Addison Merrit\u003c\/b\u003e, another teen trying to make the best of her dystopic surroundings.\" --\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Spill Zone is \u003cb\u003ean absolute must read\u003c\/b\u003e. It's a brilliant work of art that is easily one of this year's best comics. Engaging, exciting, and mysterious, this comic will consume you.\" --Nerdist \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eYA superstar Scott 'Uglies' Westerfeld and artist Alex Puvilland tell the spooky, action-packed tale \u003c\/b\u003eof Addison, one of the few survivors of the mysterious events that destroyed Poughkeepsie, New York, turning it into a spooky, Night-Vale-ish place where mutant animals, floating living corpses, and people trapped in two-dimensional planes live amid strange permanent winds that create funnels of old electronics and medical waste.\" --Boing Boing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eScott Westerfeld\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the worldwide bestselling Uglies series and the Locus Award-winning Leviathan series, and is co-author of the Zeroes trilogy. His other novels include the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eAfterworlds\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Days, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeeps, So Yesterday, \u003c\/i\u003e and the Midnighters trilogy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlex Puvilland\u003c\/b\u003e was born in France where he grew up reading his father's comic books. He now lives in Los Angeles with his ridiculously talented wife and two extraordinary children, Leo and Adrien. He works for Dreamworks Animation, and does comics whenever he has a moment. Alex co-illustrated \u003ci\u003ePrince of Persia\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTemplar\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"First Second","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50556689809682,"sku":"9781250158727","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1bd99601-84c4-40d6-8722-54ebc7394b52.jpg?v=1731760286","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/spill-zone-book-1-9781250158727","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}