Intended Audience: Tweens and Teens
Genre: Graphic Novel – Short Stories
Notes for Parents: Some mildly scary scenes.
The Back Cover
What’s
in the box?Funny, fantastic, spooky, and suspenseful, each of these seven unique graphic stories revolves around a central theme: a mysterious box and the marvels – or mayhem – inside.
What the cover
doesn’t tell you:
This
is a collection of seven short stories in graphic novel style by a variety of
writers and illustrators.
What’s good?
Ranging
from clever and creepy to bold and colourful, these easy-to-read short stories
are a sampling of some of the industries best graphic novelists. Each story is
centered around the idea of a box and its contents. While some stories are
dark, like Under the Floorboards and The Soldier’s Daughter, others are light
and funny, like Spring Cleaning and Whatzit.Best Part: Whatzit.
What isn’t good?
While
not all of the stories were to my liking, it was still fun to experience the
different storytelling and illustrating styles.Worst part: The Soldier’s Daughter was a bit too melodramatic.
Recommendation þþþþo
This is a fantastic introduction to eight
graphic novels written and illustrated in eight different ways about one common
idea – a box. If you’ve never read a graphic novel before, or you’re looking
for new graphic novelists to read, this is a book for you. It was a super quick
read and thoroughly enjoyable. Recommended.Kibuishi, Kazu, ed. Explorer: The Mystery Boxes.
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