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Spill Zone Book 1 Kindle Edition

by Scott Westerfeld (Author), Alex Puvilland (Illustrator) Format: Kindle Edition

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Do you dare enter the Spill Zone? From science fiction visionary Scott Westerfeld and artist Alex Puvilland comes the first volume of this dystopian graphic novel duology

Three 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.

The 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.

When 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.

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May 2, 2017
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“A little dark, a little twisted, and completely enthralling.” ―Marissa Meyer, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Lunar Chronicles and Heartless

"As frightening as Spill Zone can be, though, its greatest asset is its muscle-tensing suspense. Reading it feels like binge-watching a great cable series, complete with the same feeling of despair you get when you finish the final episode and realize you’ve got a long time to wait for the next season." ―The New York Times

“Puvilland, an animator for DreamWorks, has a rough, kinetic style that brings to life the rough, kinetic world of Spill Zone.” ―Los Angeles Review of Books

"If Katniss Everdeen’s your gal, you’re going to want to meet Addison Merritt." ―Entertainment Weekly

"Amazing." ―io9

"Expect some stunning sci-fi spectacle when Addison ventures into the Spill Zone." ―A.V. Club

"Westerfeld...establishes several compelling mysteries in this series opener, and Puvilland captures the haunting surreality of the Spill Zonethrough an unearthly pastel/neon palette that oozes a sense of wrongness every moment Addison spends there." ―Publishers Weekly, starred review

"This 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." ―School Library Journal, starred review

"Westerfeld handles the spooky business of the infected town magnificently, spiking the eerie and inexplicable with moments of genuine horror, while always keeping the emotional tensions of his highly accessible teenage protagonist at the center." ―Booklist, starred review

"Full-color illustrations are appropriately wild, jagged, and threatening. Readers will be demanding the next installment as they close this one." ―Kirkus

"It’s clear from the movie-ready visual images that the illustrator is primarily an anima- tor, and the panels are a worthy match for the clever, memorable text."―Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

"This first entry in a creepy, addictively suspenseful graphic novel series makes for compulsive reading." ―Horn Book

About the Author

Scott Westerfeld is a software designer, a composer of music for modern dance, and the author of novels such as The Risen Empire and The Killing of Worlds. He lives in New York City and Sydney, Australia.

Alex Puvilland was born in France where he grew up reading his father's comic books. Looking for a life of adventure full of loose women and danger, he moved to California at the age of 22, convinced he would become a millionaire within the month. Eighteen years later he lives in Los Angeles, with his ridiculously talented wife and two extraordinary children, Leo and Adrien. He works for Dreamworks Animation, does comics whenever he has a moment, but is still not a millionaire… Alex co-illustrated Prince of Persia, the graphic novel' and Templar.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B06Y5NLBFB
Publisher ‏ : ‎ First Second; Illustrated edition (May 2, 2017)
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Language ‏ : ‎ English
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Scott Westerfeld's teen novels include the Uglies series, the Leviathan, Zeroes, and Midnighters trilogies, and Afterworlds. His graphic novel, Spill Zone, will be continued in SPILL ZONE 2: THE BROKEN VOW, which comes out July 10, 2018.

Scott was born in Texas, and alternates summers between Sydney, Australia, and New York City.

His next prose novel, IMPOSTORS, set in the world of Uglies, comes out September 11, 2018.

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Moss

Can’t put it down!

Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2022

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I first found this book at my school library, I mainly thought it would be a quick read for a book project. By the end I was searching for the second book (which wasn’t out yet)! It is a mature book but it’s definitely something that you’ll be glued to for a while! I would 100% recommend this for anyone who likes graphic novels!

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Todd Davidson

This comic/graphic novel is so good. Google it.

Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2017

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This comic/graphic novel is so good. It seems to take place in small town, east coast. Nothing is crazy just great cause and reaction character driven story telling. Nothing is explained in the end but it concludes with a glorious cliff-hanger. The art isn't perfect DC or Marvel quality, more gestural. It's like having gelato when your used to Breyers tub ice cream. If you like modern-day comics get this book. Or at least Google it.

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Brian Goubeaux

A graphic novel mystery

Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2017

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It's a good story. A town goes all Twin Peaks and the protagonist takes it upon herself to document it and find answers. I hope there's a Volume 2.

Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2019

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I loved this story! It has been such an amazing and interesting story!!! The story was captivating and held my attention like nothing else has in a while!

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Brigid Keely

This book is utterly fantastic, intriguing

Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2017

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All I want is more. This book is utterly fantastic, intriguing, interesting, and provoking. Really new and fresh with wonderful characters. The writing is great and the art is atmospheric and top notch. Wonderful bit of horror.

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dk

Lots of swearing - F'bombs

Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2018

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Ordered this for my YA (young adult) children to read. As it is highly recommended from YASLA, Kirkus Reviews, and lo-reading ability/high interest, I figured I'd give it a shot. Although the storyline is good, the swearing, especially F-bombs negate any young adults from reading this. This was a graphic novel my children wanted to read as part of their book group (5 other YA friends), unfortunately, that's not going to happen, nor will it be recommended to any YA's.

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Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2018

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I think the story is thought provoking and the accompanying graphics are perfect for the tale to be told. I'm eager to read part 2. Think it's kind of amazing!

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B. Capossere

excellent start to a longer story, fast-moving with strong characters

Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2017

Scott Westerfeld’s newest story, Spill Zone, is a graphic novel illustrated by Alex Puvilland that takes place several years after Poughkeepsie suffered a major “spill,” and while nobody knows exactly what that entailed, nanotechnology and a nuclear power plant are mentioned as being involved. Whatever it was changed things inside the city, leaving behind fantastical creatures, changed animals, and “meat puppets” (think zombies). Addison’s twelve-year-old sister Lexa escaped that night, driven out on a bus with some other school children by a mysterious driver. Her parents, working at the hospital that night, did not. Addison herself was out of the city that night partying. Now she takes care of her sister (who hasn’t spoken since the incident), making money by illegally sneaking into the “spill zone” to take pictures which she secretly sells to collectors. When one of those collectors breaks her cover, she offers to pay Addison to go back in to the zone (worse, into the hospital her parents might still inhabit) and collect something at the behest of the North Koreans, who covered up their own smaller spill a few years ago.

Spill Zone is a fast moving story. Westerfeld doesn’t spend a lot, or really any, time on backstory or detailed explanation. What was the spill? Who knows? How did it change living creatures or create new ones? No idea. Might we get answers to those questions and others in later installments? Maybe, maybe not. Instead, the book throws you right into the zone’s existence, first building up some tension via several methods, both textual and visual: first person narration by Addison that references the strange creatures and dangers, creepy horror-type images (canted old house in the dark, a forest), a frog snagging a fly to get us in predator-prey mindset, a pair of nervous soldiers guarding a checkpoint meant to keep people out, and an unsettling rag doll. By the time we reach the zone itself, we’re primed for something dangerous and indeed, things go less smoothly than usual on this trip in.

All that said, really the focus is more on the characters and their relations to one another than on the creatures and zombies—though they do of course play a role. Addison is sharp, tough, determined, proactive, and fiercely protective of her sister. Her sister meanwhile is tough in her own way and just as protective of her older sister and Addison is of her, though Addison is unaware of this or of how she protects her. Which brings us to the third, and most surprising main character—that aforementioned rag doll, who is not only conscious and able to speak to Lexa, but has the sharpest, driest voice in the whole story. Two other characters have minor roles but are clearly set up to become a bigger piece of the story: one is a young soldier who clearly cares for Addison and the other is a young North Korean who was in their spill zone and has emerged somehow different, the knowledge of which prepares us for another event which I won’t detail.

The visuals were a somewhat mixed bag for me. Ironically, I cared least for the images of the zone itself, which were too abstract and muddy for me in terms of the more odd aspects of it, which I thought robbed that strangeness of its full impact, though I’ll grant that abstraction very well may be intended to heighten the intellectual distance, make them less familiar, It just didn’t have that effect for me; others may respond differently. On the other hand, the real world images, particularly the domestic ones were wonderfully done—evocative, atmospheric, and vivid. And though I didn’t personally care for the zone imagery, there’s no doubt Puvilland employs a nice range of colors and style and moves deftly between them.

Spill Zone ends unresolved, with a pretty big (and great) cliffhanger, and it’s easy to see lots of people waiting impatiently for the next installment. I know I will be.

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Miriam Böhler

A well and short read : )

Reviewed in Germany on October 12, 2019

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Hat mir sehr gefallen, sehr schön gemachter Comic mit einem lockeren Zeichenstil.

I really enjoyed it, a well made Comic with a lose drawing style.

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Geoffrey Daniel

Five Stars

Reviewed in Canada on June 27, 2017

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Gorgeously written and illustrated. Captivating and impossible to put down.

Paul Feltham

Can't wait for the next Volume!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 20, 2018

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Amazing story and brilliantly illustrated.

TR

Echt gut!

Reviewed in Germany on October 23, 2017

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Am Anfang dachte ich noch, dass diese Graphic Novel sich mit Zombies beschäftigt, aber die Idee ist weitaus komplexer. Es geht um eine gefährliche "Spill Zone", in der allerhand verrückte, paranormale und mega unheimliche Dinge vor sich gehen. Mit starker Heldin, interessanten Wenden und super genialem Artwork. Ich will gar nicht viel sagen aus Angst zu spoilern. Wenn euch der Klappentext anspricht, dann kauft sie euch, ihr werdet sicher nicht enttäuscht werden :-)

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