The Call of Cthulhu

By Vincent Goodwin and Goodwin

Book Overview

When Francis Wayland Thurston inherited his uncle's personal papers, he discovered a chilling mystery in one of the files. His uncle had interviewed several people around the world who were having strange dreams of a dark city. A voice called to each of them--called them to Cthulhu! This haunting tale is now a striking graphic novel adaptation. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Graphic Planet is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1624020143
• ISBN13: 9781624020148
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Graphic Planet
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8

Customer Reviews

This haunting tale is now a striking graphic novel adaptation

By a waterfall, I’m calling Cthulhu For some reason, this critter is an H.P. Lovecraft classic. I have ordered the 2005 movie. I kept waiting for the action, and somehow it ended before it started. I did not realize how meaningful the title was until the end, when I said, “Oh wow, now I understand. After Francis Wayland Thurston (a professor at Brown University) shuffles off this mortal coil, he leaves papers. His great-nephew, an anthropologist who narrates the story, is shocked to find that France Wayland’s research into what started as a spooky dream to find that he uncovers a cabal of Cthulhu worshipers. But who or what is Cthulhu? We travel with the narrator as he pieces together what Francis suspects. When Cthulhu calls, we may even have to confront him/it ourselves. Buyer tip: check the ISBN, check the page count, and if the author isn’t Lovecraft, assume you’re dealing with an adaptation, a derivative, or a tentacle‑shaped metadata accident.