“Set against the moody backdrop of eleventh-century Scotland, Gareth Hinds’s captivating, richly illustrated interpretation takes readers into the claustrophobic mind of a man driven mad by ambition. An evil seed takes root in the mind of Macbeth, a general in the king’s army, when three witches tell him he will one day be king. At the urging of his wife, he resolves to take the throne by the most direct path: a dagger in the heart of King Duncan. But “blood will have blood,” and when others grow suspicious of his sudden rise to power, is Macbeth prepared to commit more murders to keep the crown?”
2015, Candlewick Press 2015, 144 pp., full color – ORDER A SIGNED COPY
paperback $12.99 ISBN 978-0763678029
hardcover $21.99 ISBN 978-0763669430
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“Stellar… you can almost feel the damp chill of the Scottish Highlands in the silvery-green palette, and as the murdered corpses pile up, the warm oranges of the candlelit castle interiors inevitably tinge toward the blood-red at the center of the story” —The New York Times Review of Books
“an essential addition to Shakespeare collections”
—Booklist starred review
“a must-have companion to Shakespeare’s original.”
—Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books starred review
“an adaptation both respectful and daring.”
—Kirkus
“an authentic and powerful entry point into the original play.”
—The Horn Book
Kirkus also selected Macbeth as one of their “12 Top Teen Titles” for February, and it is a Junior Library Guild Selection and a 2016 YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens selection.
Medium:
Pencil, digital color with ink wash textures.