"Phelan's noir-esque adaptation of the classic fairy tale is
atmospheric, clever, and touching. . . . A stunning, genre-bending
graphic novel." -- School Library Journal (starred review)
The curtain rises on New York City. The dazzling lights cast shadows
that grow ever darker as the glitzy prosperity of the Roaring Twenties
screeches to a halt. Enter a cast of familiar characters: a young girl,
Samantha White, returning after being sent away by her cruel stepmother,
the Queen of the Follies, years earlier; her father, the King of Wall
Street, who survives the stock market crash only to suffer a strange and
sudden death; seven street urchins, brave protectors for a girl as pure
as snow; and a mysterious stock ticker that holds the stepmother in its
thrall, churning out ticker tape imprinted with the wicked words:
"Another . . . More Beautiful . . . KILL."