I was really enjoying this, but my NetGalley download expired before I could finish it reading it on screen through Adobe Digital Editions. Marjorie Glatt works at her late mother’s laundromat after school and lives above it with her kindergarten-age brother Owen and their father, who’s totally withdrawn since his wife’s death. Seedy Mr. Saubertuck keeps stopping by and repeating his offer to buy out the laundromat and turn it into a spa and yoga resort, but Marjorie puts him off. Meanwhile, we’re introduced to the “Dead Youth Empathetics,” a set of ghosts in stereotypical white sheets, including Wendell, who was hit by a train.

This story is really very cute and you get identified with certain characters of it. At first I was not convinced of the story that was before us, but when I read it I realized that we should always expect the unexpected, we will never know when that something will come that will make you happy.
It has this spooky funny vibe that I love.
It is entertaining, fresh and fun, I recommend it 100%

I LOVED this !! said to be a children's book but it has learning for adults too.. Graphic novels are such a relief when we are bored with big intense reads.
This one worked such a stress buster, the look of it shows it as a funny, humorousness novel but in fact the book takes up serious topic and leanings too.

Story is based around Marjorie Glatt, a 13 year old girl, which runs laundry for feeding her family every night. But the cleaning isn't easy, with her customers getting issues with the clothes she work on. And then there is Mr. Saubertuck, who wants to buy the place and open a huge hotel. He tries to ruin Glatt's image in front of customer. Until Glatt, comes face to face with Wendell, a ghost. Somehow helping her to save her laundry, and showing real face of Mr Saubertuck to others.

The illustrations are so colorful, and detailed. I specifically liked those illustrations where pink flowers cover the pages, across. These were beautiful.

Full review will be posted on blog soon.
Thanks netgalley, and publishers/authors for an e-arc in return of an honest review.

The reason I'm giving this such a high rating is because of the graphics. Holy crap! They were absolutely breath taking. I was utterly surprised by it. However...the storyline was not the strongest which is the only downfall. I would recommend this to a friend just for the illustrations!

I received an advanced readers copy of this book through NetGalley.
Marjorie Glatt is a high school student trying to keep her family's laundry business going. Her father has sunk into a deep depression since her mother's drowning death and does nothing to help her. She feels invisible at school and is taunted by her peers. A disreputable man Mr. Saubertuck is trying to put the laundry out of business in an unrealistic scheme to take over the location and turn it into a spa. He doesn't want to buy the business from the Glatt family he just wants them to give it to him in exchange for jobs and a place for them to live. He finds the spare key to the laundry and sabotages Marjorie's work
Wendell is a young ghost who is having trouble fitting into the ghost world and following its rules. He goes to the laundry at night to get his sheet clean and discovers Mr Saubertuck though he doesn't know what Saubertuck is doing. At first Marjorie blames Saubertuck's sabotage on Wendell who has accidentally spilled some dye,but ultimately, Wendell manages to help Marjorie save the business.

Marjorie is trying to keep the family business, a laundromat, together. Her mother passed away, and Dad has mostly checked out. She has to cope with self-centered customers and a pushy, smarmy neighborhood businessman. Then the ghosts appear.

The spirits all look like the classic children’s image, white sheets with a rounded top for a head. But they go to support groups to try and accept how they died, and their world is notably less colorful than Marjorie’s. The imaginative Wendell isn’t ready for that, so he finds Marjorie’s laundromat, which feels like a spa for his sheet.

Thummler’s style isn’t as smooth and simplified as some of the most popular graphic novels for kids. Her lines have more options, more of a sense of uncertainty that works well with Marjorie’s struggles. It can mean getting lost in some panels, where the key item isn’t immediately visible. Instead of clearly drawing the eye through the story, Thummler’s work wanders, and the faces sometimes look odd.

The pacing could also be improved. Lengthy sections move through day-to-day detail, showing the ennui of Marjorie’s existence. The story could have been tightened; as it is now, Wendell and Marjorie finally meet halfway through the 200-plus pages. The meandering structure is more common to reads targeted for an adult audience, where realism is more appreciated; younger readers may not have the patience needed to wait around for things to happen. Elements of the happy ending are rushed and not well established previously.

There are honest feelings about loss and sadness expressed here, but the emotional development of the characters is jumpy. There’s plenty of detail, but the reader may sometimes wonder what it provides to the core story. Another editing pass might have made for a more satisfying, tighter read.

Thummler has some areas to work on, but the combination of laundry, sheets, and ghosts is clever. Sheets fills the gap of something to read between more polished YA graphic novel releases.

Sheets is a cute graphic novel with a deeper plot. The colours were stunning, but I wasn't a huge fan of the art style. The emotion in the characters tugged at my heartstrings, but other characters were quite annoying and frustrating. Also, yes, I know this is about ghosts, but it seemed kind of unrealistic. How did a kid get away with running their laundromat? Did their father get help or did he just make promises?
I thought the ghost world was cute! I loved Wendall. What a sweetheart. I thought the other ghosts were endearing. I hated the “bad guy” and I thought he was completely overexaggerated. The plot didn’t flow very smoothly, and I was confused by the dialogue sometimes.
Marjorie, while a child, was honestly a complete doormat. She let everyone walk all over her, she let Mr. Saubertuck do whatever he wanted in her shop, leaving pamphlets and advertisements. Like, how dare he? That was infuriating, and she just let it happen! Nobody stopped him!
I did enjoy parts of this graphic novel. There were cute bits, especially in the ghost world. Wendell was a dear, but his death was super sad. Ugh. Just all-around sad.
Decent graphic novel! I’d recommend it to some people and I’ll check out more by Brenna Thummler in the future for sure!

This graphic novel is so lovely, but emotionally heavy. That is in no way a bad thing, but be prepared to feel many emotions throughout the book. The color pallet and illustrations are stunning and bright which is a lovely juxtaposition to the story itself. A truly enjoyable graphic novel, I am excited to see more from Brenna Thummler.

This is the first graphic novel that I’ve read and it took on a bit of an emotional rollercoaster. I can’t wait for Breena Thummler to release another novel.

This is graphic novel is beautiful. Even more than that, it tells a very touching story about a girl and a ghost and their unlikely friendship. Their story touches on hard subjects like death, depression, and loneliness.

Marjorie is a young girl that is taking care of her family after the death of her mother. As Marjorie struggles to keep her family’s laundry business out of the hands of Mr. Saubertuck, she gets an unexpected ghostly visitor.

This is a perfect read for the fall season.

Firstly, I love the illustrations, there's something so simple and wonderful about them. The colours are so beautiful I found myself just staring at some pages forever.
I want to print them, frame them and put them on my wall.
The story is bittersweet. There's such sadness laced with humour and beauty.
I love the ghosts, and how we first meet them at a support group for dead youth (I don't know why but most of their scenes are quite amusing!). And how we see Marjorie and Wendell's stories side by side until they eventually collide.
This was such a warm and cosy read, if you know what I mean! It's just what I needed for Autumn!
I'm incredibly impressed that the author wrote and illustrated this heartwarming story herself. Definitely a success for her first graphic novel!

Marjorie is in charge of her family’s business, a laundromat. She struggles because she had to take over their business when her mother passed away. She doesn’t have friends at school. It gets worse when Mr. Saubertuck starts sabotaging her business so that he can build a resort on their property.

I found this story so sad. It was sad that Marjorie’s mother passed away, and her father didn’t really do anything after because he was so depressed. Marjorie didn’t have time to explore her feelings because she had to look after the family.

Wendell and the land of ghosts were also sad. Wendell is starting to forget his former life. The ghosts have a whole world, where they float around in sheets. The idea of the land of ghosts in sheets was funny sometimes. They had support groups and jobs. But it was still sad to think that all of those people had died and they were beginning to forget their former lives.

This was an emotional story with a positive ending about the power of friendship and forgiveness.

I was given opportunity to read this book through NetGalley for honest review. Sheets is a sad, but powerful middle grade graphic novel about loss, perseverance, and forgiveness. The cover was so cute, I wanted to read the book and first time I read by this author and in graphic I really enjoyed it. Thank you Netgalley for letting me read this book.

I was bowled over by Brenna Thummler’s illustrations in Anne of Green Gables: A Graphic Novel so when I heard she had written her own graphic novel I was all in. I simply adore Brenna’s ability to capture an image and present it in a way that I want her to draw the entire world for me. Seriously, I can’t get enough. Her use of colour is absolutely gorgeous and she’s able to evoke the emotion of a scene through colour as well as the images. I enjoy finding Easter eggs so I loved that Anne of Green Gables is in view a couple of times in Marjorie’s school library.

As soon as Sheets downloaded on my iPad I devoured it. That was months ago and I never got around to telling anyone how amazing it was… until now. This graphic novel is amazing!!! I’ve just read it for a second time and I’m still in love with the artwork. I felt there was something missing in the story that I couldn’t put my finger on during my first read but I didn’t feel that way during my reread.

Marjorie’s mother died last spring and since then her father has been essentially MIA, holed up in his bedroom most of the time. Marjorie (at 13!) has been left to singlehandedly run the family laundromat business, do the household chores, look after her father and younger brother, and attend school. Any combination of these would be a monumental ask and that’s before you take into consideration that she’s grieving her mother and feels completely alone. The family business is in danger of closing, with some help from Mr Saubertuck, who is the dastardly villain of the story.

Wendell is also lonely. He died a year ago and doesn’t fit in with the other ghosts. Wendell discovers the laundromat and accidentally makes life more difficult for Marjorie, but perhaps there’s a way for these two lonely kids to help each other.

During my first read I had trouble getting past the fact that 13 year old Marjorie is effectively running the family business by herself because her father’s grief has made him withdraw from his life. I couldn’t believe that the customers could be so mean to a kid who shouldn’t have been doing all of that work in the first place and that no one who was alive stepped up to help her or her family.

During my second read I focused more on the friendship between Marjorie and Wendell. It’s such a sad story, dealing with the pain of grief and feeling all alone in the world. However it also touches on forgiveness and perseverance, and is ultimately hopeful.

I’m really keen to see what Brenna comes up with next. I don’t care what the story is; I just want to see more of her beautiful illustrations.

Thank you very much to NetGalley, Lion Forge and Diamond Book Distributors for the opportunity to read this graphic novel. I’d give this 4.5 stars but am rounding up.

As someone who lost her mother, this book hit very close to my heart. The illustrations are beautiful and play an integral role in setting the mood of the story. This is a heartwarming, gut wrenching, beautiful story.

Sheets is a cute and heartwarming story. When I first saw the book, I was expecting a funny story but the story was much stronger and serious. This is a story about a young girl Marjorie who has been left alone to run her family’s laundromat after the death of her mother. Her father is too lost in grieving. Marjorie was struggling to save her laundry from the wicked neighbor who wanted to acquire it. her laundry suddenly a ghost starts to haunt the laundry.

I liked the plot very much. From the starting, we can see the struggles of a young girl managing her school and family business while also handling a selfish neighbor. The story will definitely make you emotional. When Wendell, the ghost, enters into the story it becomes more interesting. The story is basically about grief and unlikely friendships and about the determination to move forward even in the worst conditions.

The artwork is the highlight of this book which is definitely better than the story itself. I like how the author has designed Wendell, as a sheet. It was something fresh to see. I really like the color palette that has been used which is mostly pastel.

The story is little slow in the beginning considering how it focuses on Marjorie and how she feels and thus we get to know about Wendell a little later. Also, it takes some time to understand the ghost world properly.

Overall, this is an adorable graphic novel which is hard to resist. I would definitely recommend it.

Easy for me to say finally, for once - I LOVED this graphic novel.

I wasn't sure about it when I first started it, but it progressed so well. Beautiful story, nice art, memorable characters...GHOSTS! What more can someone ask for ?!

I'm hoping there will be another one but I feel like this was a one-shot type thing.

I'll definitely be looking out for Brenna Thummler.

I thought Sheets was incredibly well written. I was expecting it to be a bit more humorous, as the cover art captured my eye and looks like a sweet light tale. The emotions were very serious at times, as family loss, death of children, and bullying are very present in this book. It is heavy, and sad, but leaves on a hopeful note. The tragic events that take place throughout the book, are very real, I did shed a tear or two. This would be a great graphic novel for an older child, not necessarily teen, that wants realistic fiction. It can be considered a coming of age, as the main character begins to come out of her shell towards the end of the book. For fans of more serious graphic novels, like Persepolis and The Breadwinner.

Okay this is very unfortunate since I was intrigued by the beginning of this book, however, I got a little busy with my college applications and my laptop died. So the copy of the downloaded book is now inaccessible to me as it has been archived. I really do wish I could read it but I am unable to and unable to provide a review as well.

(Star rating is given based on the little bit I did manage to read.)

This is a cute, heartbreaking and heartwarming tale about a young girl and a young ghost. The pacing for this tale was soooooo sllll-oooow! I just about fell asleep several times in the first half or so of the storyline; which is generally quite a feat while reading a graphic novel. It was just extremely boring without a whole lot of anything going on.

About the only thing that kept me going was my anger at how badly everyone in the book treated Marjorie. From kids her age to adults who should have known better, they were basically all a bunch of jerks, with very few exceptions. I really wanted to bash in some animated heads at several points during the narrative. Of course, Wendell isn't treated too much better in his world.

Once the two meet and start working together, things greatly improve for both of them. Thank goodness! Once we discover the fact that they did and how they knew each other previously, things start to fall into place even more. And they eventually are able to achieve a rather nice, if bittersweet, happily ever after, or at least happily for now, ending.

I was also not impressed with the graphics. Although the muted color schemes were attractive, I found the drawings themselve to be very simplistic. The humans especially just look quite odd.

Basically, this book just didn't "speak" to me all that much.

A cute and adorable graphic novel that goes perfect with a cup of tea. I really like the author's artistic style and the colour palette.