I Witnessed: the Lizzie Borden Story by Jeramey Kraatz

I Witnessed: the Lizzie Borden Story

A Graphic Novel

Jeramey Kraatz

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · March 18, 2025

Charlie witnesses a murder at his next-door neighbor Lizzie Borden's house, but will anyone believe what he saw?

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Who it’s for
A suspenseful graphic-novel take on the Borden case, seen through a young neighbor’s eyes.
Themes
Murder investigation, Historical trial, Judging someone’s character
Genres
Mystery Comics, 19th-Century U.S., Historical Comics

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About this book

Charlie witnesses a murder at his next-door neighbor Lizzie Borden's house, but will anyone believe what he saw? For fans of I Survived and Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales but with a true crime twist, read about Lizzie Borden’s trial of the century in this I Witnessed graphic novel. On the morning of August 4, 1892, fourteen-year-old Charlie sees a horrifying act unfold at his next-door neighbor Lizzie Borden’s house—something he can’t keep to himself.

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Yet no one believes what Charlie saw . . . not even when Andrew and Abby Borden are found dead later that morning. Charlie is determined to use all that he witnessed to help find the murderer…even if it means having to face the prime suspect, his enigmatic neighbor Lizzie Borden, accused of killing her own father and stepmother. What began as one innocent moment of being in the wrong place at the wrong time becomes a suspenseful game of cat and mouse as Lizzie faces the trial of the century, and Charlie must ask himself: Can you ever really know someone’s true character? Inspired by the real fourteen-year-old neighbor of Lizzie Borden, Charlie's story offers a fictional kid POV rooted in historical facts about the Borden family, the house, and the infamous trial. Case fact sidebars offer additional nonfiction elements to the story.

Witness to History

A suspenseful graphic-novel take on the Borden case, seen through a young neighbor’s eyes.

Come here for

  • True-crime intrigue rooted in a notorious historical case
  • The tension of being a witness no one believes

Expect

  • A fictional kid’s perspective alongside historical facts
  • Case-fact sidebars woven into the story

Where it sits

Mystery Comics63%
Historical Comics53%
19th-Century U.S.52%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Action Comics
  • Historical Comics
  • Mystery Comics
  • 19th-Century U.S.
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  • Law & Crime Stories
  • Mysteries & Detective Stories
  • Loss & Grief
  • Violence & Safety
Authors
Jeramey Kraatz
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
March 18, 2025
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Murder investigation · Historical trial · Judging someone’s character
Reading lane
Action Comics