| The Blue Road: A Fable of Migration Contributor(s): Compton, Wayde (Text by (Art, Photo Books)), Milne, April Dela Noche (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1551527774 ISBN-13: 9781551527772 Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press OUR PRICE: $16.11 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels - General - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Emigration & Immigration |
| Dewey: 741.597 |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 7.9" W x 9.9" (0.65 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this stunning graphic novel, Lacuna is a girl without a family, a past, or a proper home. She lives alone in a swamp made of ink, but with the help of Polaris, a will-o'-the-wisp, she embarks for the fabled Northern Kingdom, where she might find people like her. The only way to get there, though, is to travel the strange and dangerous Blue Road that stretches to the horizon like a mark upon a page. Along the way, Lacuna must overcome trials such as the twisted briars of the Thicket of Tickets and the intractable guard at the Rainbow Border. At the end of her treacherous journey, she reaches a city where memory and vision can be turned against you, in a world of dazzling beauty, divisive magic, and unlikely deliverance. Finally, Lacuna learns that leaving, arriving, returning -- they're all just different words for the same thing: starting all over again. The Blue Road -- the first graphic novel by acclaimed poet and prose writer Wayde Compton and illustrator April dela Noche Milne -- explores the world from a migrant's perspective with dreamlike wonder. Ages 12 and up. |