![]() ![]() Beautifully rendered in pen and ink, Thompson has created a love story that lasts. Septemin Traverse City, Michigan) is a graphic novelist best known for his 2003 work Blankets. This groundbreaking graphic novel, winner of two Eisner and three Harvey Awards, is an eloquent portrait of adolescent yearning first love (and first heartache) faith in crisis and the process of moving beyond all of that. His graphic novel Blankets won numerous industry awards and has been published in nearly twenty languages. Thompson was born in Michigan in 1975, and grew up in a rural farming community in central Wisconsin. It's a universal story, and Thompson's vibrant brushstrokes and unique page designs make the familiar heartbreaking all over again. Craig Thompson is a cartoonist and the author of the award-winning books Blankets, Carnet de Voyage, Good-bye Chunky Rice, and Habibi. ![]() Over time though, their personal demons resurface and their relationship falls apart. Under an engulfing blanket of snow, Craig and Raina fall in love at winter church camp, revealing to one another their struggles with faith and their dreams of escape. Craig Thompson's poignant graphic memoir plays out against the backdrop of a Midwestern winterscape: finely-hewn linework draws together a portrait of small town life, a rigorously fundamentalist Christian childhood, and a lonely, emotionally mixed-up adolescence. " -The Guardianīlankets is the story of a young man coming of age and finding the confidence to express his creative voice. "Quaint, meditative and sometimes dreamy, blankets will take you straight back to your first kiss. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Named to the ALA Rainbow Roundtable's Rainbow Book List Perfect for fans of Gideon the Ninth and Annihilation.Ī New York Public Library Best Book of the YearĪ Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year Eager to belong, Benji accepts Nick’s terms…until he discovers the ALC’s mysterious leader has a hidden agenda, and more than a few secrets of his own. Still, Nick offers Benji shelter among his ragtag group of queer teens, as long as Benji can control the monster and use its power to defend the ALC. The ALC’s leader, Nick, is gorgeous, autistic, and a deadly shot, and he knows Benji’s darkest secret: the cult’s bioweapon is mutating him into a monster deadly enough to wipe humanity from the earth once and for all. Desperately, he searches for a place where the cult can’t get their hands on him, or more importantly, on the bioweapon they infected him with.īut when cornered by monsters born from the destruction, Benji is rescued by a group of teens from the local Acheson LGBTQ+ Center, affectionately known as the ALC. Sixteen-year-old trans boy Benji is on the run from the cult that raised him-the fundamentalist sect that unleashed Armageddon and decimated the world’s population. "A long, sustained scream to the various strains of anti-transgender legislation multiplying around the world like, well, a virus." -The New York Times A furious, queer debut novel about embracing the monster within and unleashing its power against your oppressors. ![]() ![]() ![]() I screamed at the darkness, but no sound came from my mouth, which had now transformed into a slit within my flat, white head. Praise Him, I chanted within my mind as I ripped away the remaining boards and then peered into an even deeper darkness, a darkness that could only be the darkness of the grave. Within darkness, under the cover of night, my tears gently dripped onto her worn grave. ![]() ![]() Thank you, for this is the most wonderful gift I could ever have received. With this sight, I collapsed to my knees in praise of the Dark One, and I wept joyous, bloody tears, the blood of the ongoing carnage, which, by the second, was unveiled from within my new, dark, gorgeous face. "Once again, I lift my head high, but this time as an offering to the great gods far above, who in return, chant my name and with this, my spirit leaps for joy within my animated corpse. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() XS Scuba Faber HP Steel Tank Hot Dipped Galvanized PVD Valve. 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His storytelling was also imaginatively stimulating: his audiences often find themselves facing the same experiences his characters underwent. What made his plays timeless was the themes he used which are still relevant today. His famous works include Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, and Macbeth. The prolific writer wrote over 30 plays, two narrative poems, and 154 sonnets, some of which were histories, comedies, or tragedies. Many readers and writers think highly of William Shakespeare, that his quotes on writing share the same popularity as his written pieces.Įnglish poet, actor, and playwright William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, on April 1564. ![]() ![]() His enduring works prove the universal appeal he possesses as a writer-that present and future generations will find them relevant despite having written many years ago. He’s undeniably the most famous playwright in the world, considered by many as the most exceptional dramatist of all time. ![]() William Shakespeare’s reputation and legacy continue to resonate through the centuries. ![]() ![]() ![]() With Earth irreparably damaged, the future of the human race rests on their shoulders.įor Leo, an Italian championship swimmer, this kind of purpose is a reason to go on after losing his family. Overnight, they become global celebrities in contention for one of the six slots to travel to Europa-Jupiter's moon-and establish a new colony, leaving their planet forever. When Leo and Naomi are drafted, along with twenty-two of the world's brightest teenagers, into the International Space Training Camp, their lives are forever changed. This is the next must-read for fans of Illuminae and The Martian. Set in the near future, this action-packed YA novel-already optioned by Sony Pictures-will take readers out of this world and on a quest to become one of six teens sent on a mission to Jupiter's moon. ![]() ![]() ![]() Kvothe then sells his meager possessions, gaining just enough to travel to the institution where he makes admissions on a scholarship. Shortly after this introduction, his troupe is slaughtered by the folkloric group known as The Chandrian, leading to his childhood as an orphan on the streets of Tarbean.Īpproximately three years later, Kvothe meets the storyteller Skarpi whose tales spur him to attempt to enter the University, a dream he'd toyed with as a child. The first day of the narrative begins when Kvothe is eleven years old, being raised by his parents who lead a troupe of Edema Ruh entertainers. The frame story occurs several years after the beginning of the narration, which addresses the man's lifetime as an adventurer and student of The University, being written by the Chronicler over a period of three days. ![]() It is owned by a man named Kote, soon revealed to be an alias of the legendary figure Kvothe. The Name of the Wind begins in the frame story, the setting of which is The Waystone Inn located in Newarre. From his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, to years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-riddled city, to his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a legendary school of magic, The Name of the Wind is a masterpiece that transports readers into the body and mind of a wizard. ![]() This is the riveting first-person narrative of Kvothe, a young man who grows to be one of the most notorious magicians his world has ever seen. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Gather up the kids-not to mention those nieces, nephews, and neighbors alike-for all the twists, turns, hilarity, and burns of tween life in Stoneybrook, Connecticut! So, whether you’re joining the club for the first time, or the first time in quite a while, spend time with stories that transcend the ages. With endearing characters and enduring storylines filled with lessons of self-discovery, the beauty of true friendship, and the power of youth-led entrepreneurship itself, the BSC has never felt more now. In the most exciting news since we first learned of Kristy Thomas’s great idea to start the Baby-Sitters Club, the book series is now available only from Audible as an audio experience with special guest narrator Elle Fanning, the multi-talented actress and fan of BSC. ![]() Three decades after The Baby-Sitters Club first rocked our world-like scoring your own phone line, in your room!-the beloved franchise is back to binge (and share) like never before! ![]() ![]() ![]() It's got a back story of the character, sure, but it wasn't exactly engaging. ![]() The only reason I watched this at all was because IMDb registered it as being a part of the "Saw" cannon and, in the interest of viewing the entire franchise, I deemed it only appropriate to check it out. This is more on me than on the story itself, but I really don't feel that this was an appropriate way to present the back story of the character. ![]() ![]() ![]() Visitors are immersed in the world of the dangerous twins, Kinky & Cosy, created by the graphic novelist Nix. This exhibition premièred at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2015 and has been travelling through Europe ever since. In the city centre, the exhibition ‘The Kinky & Cosy Experience’, which, as the name already suggests, is more of an experience, has been installed in a container. In that context, from 26 to 29 May – in collaboration with the Flemish Literature Fund, the Netherlands Foundation for Literature and the Frankfurt 2016 team – the Erlangen Festival is presenting two exhibitions, a live drawing workshop and the magazine, ‘Parade’. This applies to all genres, from poetry and prose to graphic novels. ![]() ![]() In the run-up, dozens of Dutch and Flemish authors are already billed at major festivals in Germany. In October, Flanders and the Netherlands will be guest of honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Flemish and Dutch graphic novels will be featured in two exhibitions, a live drawing workshop, a special magazine, ‘Parade’ that will be printed on the spot on the Risograph and in loads of readings and encounters. Recent work by all the authors has been translated into German. More than ten Dutch-language graphic novelists have been invited to the 17th International Comic-Salon Erlangen, the most important international comic festival in Germany. ![]() |