| Mercury Contributor(s): Larson, Hope (Author), Larson, Hope (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1416935886 ISBN-13: 9781416935889 Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2010 Annotation: In "Mercury," Hope Larson weaves together history, romance, and magical realism in this graphic novel of how the past haunts a teenage girl's present. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels - General - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Adolescence & Coming Of Age - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - Canada - Pre-confederation (to 1867) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2009903638 |
| Lexile Measure: 370 |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 6.1" W x 7.94" (0.75 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age - Cultural Region - Canadian |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 136066 Reading Level: 2.6 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: August 31, 5:15 PM, French Hill, Nova Scotia: A girl named Tara is running. She runs through her nice neighborhood and up a road to the burned ruins of what was once a beautiful house--her family's house. August 31, 1859, French Hill, Nova Scotia: A girl named Josey is picking blackberries with her friend Connie. As the girls gossip, a handsome stranger knocks on the door of Josey's house. His name is Asa, and with his coming, Josey's life--and later in time, Tara's as well--is about to change forever. Because there is treasure in the woods that belong to Josey's family. Gold--an untold fortune. Asa has a secret way of finding it, and his partnership with Josey's father could make them all rich. But there is darkness in the woods, and in Asa. And in the present day, Tara, Josey's descendent, is about to discover the truth about what really happened in the family's past. Eisner award winner Hope Larson weaves together history, romance, and a touch of her trademark magical realism in this remarkable graphic novel of how the past haunts a teenage girl's present. |
Contributor Bio(s): Larson, Hope: - Hope Larson is the author of Who Is AC? and the author-illustrator of Mercury, Chiggers, Gray Horses, and Salamander Dream, which Publishers Weekly named one of 2005's best comics. She won a 2007 Eisner Award, the highest honor for a comic artist. She lives with her husband in Los Angeles. You can visit her at HopeLarson.com. |