Glister First Second Garlic discovers that she is

Garlic discovers that she is braver and more capable than she ever believed when she is called upon to save her friends

Hostage by Guy Delisle

which illustrates medical conditions

2003 (originally published 1960)

an eerie sense of foreboding suffuses stories in this collection: they both depict sex and brutal violence and condemn the horrors of war

Glister First Second Garlic discovers that she isBy Andi Watson. Published by Dark Horse. Softcover, 304 pages, Monochrome, 2009. Strange things happen around Glister Butterworth. A young girl living on her familys English estate, Glister has unusual adventures every day, like the arrival of a teapot haunted by a demanding ghost, a crop of new relatives blooming on the family tree, a stubborn house that walks off its land in a huff, and a trip to Faerieland to find her missing mother. * All four