Maverick is adapting the YA book Pantomime for release in January 2025, and has tapped writer Christopher Sebela and artist Dave Stoll to make it happen.
In the YA return of Pantomime, Haley and her brother, Max, are alone after their mother’s death and are sent to Wayfair Academy, a special needs boarding school. Eventually, they find family amongst other deaf children. One night the group decides to dip their toes into crime… the thrill is too much to leave behind. They soon find out that stealing from the wrong person, has its consequences. With no one to turn to but each other, they must make a choice, one where no one comes out the same.
Writer Christopher Sebela said of the project, “Pantomime is a book I was scared of getting wrong because so much of it was way outside my experience, and I’m even prouder that with David and Mad Cave, we managed to get it right. Now I’m even prouder that it’s getting a new life with a new audience. I can only hope they have as much fun with the thrills and chills of the heists and the dynamics between our criminal kids and their crooked father figure as we did making it.”
Pantomime is scheduled to arrive on January 21, 2025.
