| Metamorphosis: Junior Year Contributor(s): Franco, Betsy (Author), Franco, Tom (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0763637653 ISBN-13: 9780763637651 Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA) OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2009 Annotation: In her striking YA debut, Betsy Franco introduces an expressive soul with a heartbreakingly authentic voice. Ovid is a young artist with a lot on his mind: life, love, death. He pours it all - as confessions, observations, narrative poems, drawings - into the pages of a notebook. Inspired by his namesake Ovid wryly records his classmates' dramas as modern-day mythology. There's Sophie and Caleb, the Psyche and Cupid of cyber-couples; poetic Paula, who pursues filmmaker Franny like Apollo chasing Daphne; and graphic novelist Duwayne, a Proserpina shuttling between divorced parents. Meanwhile Ovid hides his own Olympian struggles: his meth addict sister Thena has run off, leaving him with a suffocating home life and a disturbing secret. As he plaintively puts it, "There better be a god of journals and blogs who cares what I'm saying, or I'm screwed." Author Betsy Franco, in collaboration with her diversely talented sons, delivers a hip YA novel of "epic" proportions! |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Legends, Myths, Fables - Greek & Roman - Young Adult Fiction | School & Education - General - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2009013859 |
| Lexile Measure: 740 |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 5.56" W x 8.52" (0.61 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 134387 Reading Level: 4.6 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 2.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: He's a young artist obsessed with myths. But can he fix his own fate? Acclaimed author Betsy Franco and her talented son collaborate on a hip YA novel of epic proportions. Life. Love. Death. Identity. Ovid's got a lot on his mind, and he pours it all -- as confessions, observations, narrative poems, and drawings -- into the pages of a notebook. Inspired by his namesake, he wryly records his classmates' dramas as modern-day Roman mythology. There's Sophie and Caleb, the Psyche and Cupid of cyber-couples; poetic Paula, who pursues filmmaker Franny like Apollo chasing Daphne; and graphic novelist Duwayne, a Proserpina shuttling between divorced parents. Meanwhile, Ovid hides his own Olympian struggles: his meth addict sister Thena has run off, leaving him with a suffocating home life and a disturbing secret. In her striking YA debut, Betsy Franco introduces an expressive soul with a heartbreakingly authentic voice. Fantastical ink illustrations by her son Tom Franco enhance the intimate tone, delving deep into one intriguing teen's imagination. |