The Weirn Books #1

From Svetlana Chmakova comes this atmospheric middle-grade graphic novel, where two kids — one in a green hoodie, one in a yellow jacket clutching a rolled paper — dash forward with urgency as dark, swirling spirits flank them and an enormous masked figure looms out of the mist above a shadowy house. Be Wary of the Silent Woods sets a deliciously eerie tone right from its 2020 cover, balancing genuine spookiness with the kind of determined energy that makes you want to follow these characters wherever they're headed.