Through the Black Gate by Alfredo Cáceres Courtney's Picks or is it the silence

or is it the silence that has imprisoned the truth for so long

irreverent portrait of British monarchy and life within the court

expansive questions of ourselves and of our relationship to the joy of reading

But the sea remembers it all

Through the Black Gate by Alfredo Cáceres Courtney's Picks or is it the silenceA [p]oignant, insightful, and otherworldly (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) middle grade graphic novel about an orphaned girl and a music loving boy who venture into the land of the dead with the hope of seeing their loved ones again. Thirteen year old orphan Irene believes her fathers soul is trapped inside her cat, Moses. Living at her caregiver Ruths hostel, Irene spends every waking hour studying a mystical book that her parents left behind in the