Middle-Grade Review: You Can’t Come in Here! The Graphic Novel (You’re Invited to a Creepover: The Graphic Novel Book 2) by P.J. Night

Emily doesn’t have a lot of friends, but she enjoys hanging out with neighbors Drew and Vicky. They are home schooled and don’t get out much, so haven’t visited her home, but she spends a lot of time at their house, although she has never met their parents. The house is run down in the extreme, but they have a great rec room with games where they spend a lot of time. Emily’s parents are concerned that they haven’t met the parents either, and allow Emily to have a party so that her friends from school can met Drew and Vicky. There are lots of creepy things going on in the neighborhood that seem to center around the siblings, but whenever Emily points them out, her friends are happy to investigate, and what seems like a creepy killer wolf often ends up being racoons or owls. It is a little concerning that when Emily visits the house during the day to try to talk to Drew and Vicky’s parents, she finds no one home, a tape recorder with the parents’ voices, and three coffins just under the floorboards. Never mind, let’s have a sleepover anyway. It goes well, but Emily doesn’t feel comfortable inviting Drew and Vicky into her house. Do they manage to come in anyway, and what does this mean for Emily’s future?