Mad Cave Studios has released an early look at Heebie Jeebies, a new middle-grade book about two middle schoolers on the search for treasure.
Blue and their best friend Herschel are definitely not the coolest kids around, but when a group of popular bullies tell our main characters that their problems can be solved by finding the treasure buried beneath the school… well, Blue, Herschel and one annoyed night janitor have to investigate their school after dark!
“I am so excited and so proud that Heebie Jeebies is getting announced and will soon be taking over the world of graphic novels for kids.” Creator Matthew Erman shared in a press release. “This is the kind of book and the kind of story I absolutely loved as a kid and couldn’t get enough of — it’s funny, sweet, scary and has a plethora of weird and goofy moments that’ll hopefully make readers scream with delight. Working with Shelby is always a privilege and getting to create this story with them was incredible. I also want to say that working with Stephanie Brooks and my personal editor Maria Patrick was a career highlight — Stephanie is one of the most thoughtful, intelligent and compassionate editors I’ve ever worked with and one who I’d love to work with again and without Maria, I don’t know if I ever could have put myself in the right mindset to properly write for children.
“This is the first book I’ve made that I’ll get to give to my son and that really is magical to me. Writing for kids was never something I expected to do, or to love, but when you get into the mindset and really understand the kind of impact you can have on little ones, it honestly makes me tear up. Heebie Jeebies was inspired by my time working as a night janitor at a Montessori school — I was down on my luck and looking for anything to give my life the nudge in the right direction it needed. Dreaming of a hidden treasure underneath the school kept me going and cleaning, in the hopes that I’d discover a magical fix-it to all my problems. And while there weren’t riches beyond imagination, I did find my imagination and this story blossomed from that experience. In the end the magic treasure I eventually found was not the one I was looking for, but the one I needed and now after all these years, I get to share the treasure I found with everyone.”
Heebie Jeebies arrives on September 17, 2024.
