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Whistle : a new Gotham City hero / written by E. Lockhart ; illustrated by Manuel Preitano ; colors by Gabby Metzler ; letters by ALW's Troy Peteri.
Sixteen-year-old Willow Zimmerman reconnects with estranged family friend and real estate tycoon E. Nigma, but after he helps her earn enough for medical treatments for her mom she is attacked by the monstrous Killer Croc and upon waking after the fight she gains powers and insight she will need to make the right choices.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781401293222 (paperback)
- ISBN: 1401293220
- Physical Description: 193 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Burbank, CA : DC Comics, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
| Target Audience Note: | Ages 13+ DC Comics. Grades 10-12 DC Comics. |
| Awards Note: | Sydney Taylor Book Award Silver Medalist winner, 2022 |
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| Subject: | Ability > Comic books, strips, etc. Gotham City (Imaginary place) > Comic books, strips, etc. Riddler (Fictitious character) > Comic books, strips, etc. |
| Genre: | Superhero comics. Science fiction comics. Graphic novels. |
- Baker & Taylor
While hosting E. Nigmaâs glamorous private poker nights with Gotham Cityâs elites to afford medical treatments for her mother, Willow is attacked by one of Gothamâs most horrific villains and wakes up with powers she never dreamed of. Original. Illustrations. - Baker & Taylor
Sixteen-year-old Willow Zimmerman reconnects with estranged family friend and real estate tycoon E. Nigma, but after he helps her earn enough for medical treatments for her mom she is attacked by the monstrous Killer Croc and upon waking after the fight she gains powers and insight she will need to make the right choices. - Random House, Inc.
From New York Times bestselling author E. Lockhart (Genuine Fraud, We Were Liars) and artist Manuel Preitano (The Oracle Code) comes a new Gotham City superhero in this exciting YA graphic novel.
Sixteen-year-old Willow Zimmerman has something to say. When she's not on the streets protesting City Hall's neglect of her run-down Gotham neighborhood, she's working nights at the local dog shelter. But despite how much she does for the world around her, she's struggling to take care of her sick mother at home. She's got no time for boys (though there's one she really likes), and no means to adopt the amazingly loyal stray Great Dane, Lebowitz, that follows her around.
Without health insurance and with money running out, a desperate Willow reconnects with an estranged family friend E. Nigma--party promoter, and real estate tycoon. Nigma opens the door to an easier life, offering Willow a new job hosting his glamorous private poker nights with Gotham City's elites. Now Willow is able to afford critical medical treatments for her mother and get a taste of the high life she's never had.
Then everything changes: Willow and Lebowitz are attacked by one of Gotham's most horrific villains, the monstrous Killer Croc. When they wake after the fight, they can understand each other. And Willow has powers she never dreamed of.
When Willow discovers that Nigma and his poker buddies are actually some of Gotham's most corrupt criminals, she must make a choice: remain loyal to the man who saved her mother's life, or use her new powers to save her community.