![]() Zacchilli’s sprawling, wild and woolly, romance, adventure epic RAV was published in two collections by Youth in Decline.Ħ.5 x 9”, 288 pages, full colour, trade paperĪ potent pineapple dealing hermit’s transcendental quest is disrupted by the encroaching townspeople he supplies. She is a massage therapist and a purple belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. MICKEY ZACCHILLI was born in 1983 and lives in Providence, RI. Mickey Zacchilli blends Starfleet with Degrassi to make a classroom saga that recalls manga, Sunday funnies and composition book epics scrawled while ignoring the periodic table. ![]() Surviving school is tough now imagine peer pressure and midterms while hurtling through the vacuum of space. His one-person anthology series Lose has received great critical and commercial success, having been nominated for every major comics award including the Ignatz and Eisner Awards.Ĭlassroom crushes, school plays, gym class, all-knowing Grandfather Computer, maintenance guy scouring planets for resources, you know, typical school stuff. MICHAEL DEFORGE lives and works in Toronto, ON as a cartoonist and commercial illustrator. ![]() ![]() Michael DeForge presents the mid-career crisis of a merry prankster in his singular style that blurs the banal with the absurd. Will her next act of delinquency restore her legacy?Ī major star of minor crime struggles for delinquency relevancy as she ages out of the delinquent scene she pioneered. ![]()
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![]() Everything Alex has ever known changes before his eyes, and it s a wondrous transformation.īut it s a rare, unique occurrence for twins to be divided between Wanted and Unwanted, and as Alex and Aaron s bond stretches across their separation, a threat arises for the survival of Artime that will pit brother against brother in an ultimate magical battle. There, Alex and his fellow Unwanteds are encouraged to cultivate their creative abilities and use them magically. It s hard for Alex to leave behind his twin, Aaron, a Wanted, but he makes peace with his fate until he discovers that instead of a death farm, what awaits him is a magical place called Artime. 1: The Unwanteds (Paperback): 8.99 2: Island of Silence (The. ![]() Wanteds get more schooling and train to join the Quillitary. This is book number 5 in the The Unwanteds series. Each year, all the thirteen-year-olds are labeled as Wanted, Necessary, or Unwanted. ![]() When Alex finds out he is Unwanted, he expects to die. This Description may be from another edition of this product.Ī riveting middle-grade dystopian novel from New York Times bestselling Wake author Lisa McMann that Kirkus Reviews calls The Hunger Games meets Harry Potter. ![]() ![]() ![]() In creating this beautiful story, Napoli brings mythology alive for today's young adults. ![]() Sirena is the perfect teenage heroine-questioning authority and falling in love no matter what the consequences. I will wipe from my brain the sights I have seen and start over." Little does she know that due to a jealous goddess, a sea-serpent bite, and a dead hero, a man will come to her island and love her for herself, not just her song. ![]() She vows to live alone on "an island where the first rays of sun bring sight to blind eyes. But after witnessing a shipwreck in which the survivors kill one of her sisters, 17-year-old Sirena decides she would rather lose her chance at eternal life than trick a human into loving her. But did the Sirens (who Napoli imagines as mermaids) really mean for the sailors to perish? Or were these sultry singers cursed themselves? In Napoli's tale, because they are half-human, the 10 Sirens are doomed to lead short mortal lives-unless they can convince men to become their mates. ![]() Here, she retells the Greek myth of the Sirens, whose sweet, beckoning singing caused countless shipwrecks. Donna Jo Napoli thoughtfully and poetically reexamined the story of Hansel and Gretel from the witch's point of view in The Magic Circle. ![]() |