Every summer the trucks roll in, bringing the carnival and its infinite possibilities to town. This year Tessa and her younger sister Lulu a...
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Feb 11, 2012
Andrew Shuping
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Two seemingly different storyline, but one idea weave together to present this powerful and heartbreaking tale. Every summer the carnival rolls into town and for the first time ever Tessa is allowed to go to the carnival un-chaperoned with her best friend, Celina. The price to pay? Her younger sister Lulu gets to come along as well. All three girls hope to capture the eye of a boy for a summer romance, but jealousy enters their lives when the boy Tessa had More...
Two seemingly different storyline, but one idea weave together to present this powerful and heartbreaking tale. Every summer the carnival rolls into town and for the first time ever Tessa is allowed to go to the carnival un-chaperoned with her best friend, Celina. The price to pay? Her younger sister Lulu gets to come along as well. All three girls hope to capture the eye of a boy for a summer romance, but jealousy enters their lives when the boy Tessa had More...
Feb 14, 2012
Marika
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When Tessa's younger sister Lulu tags along to the fair with her and her best friend Celina, Tessa's annoyed. But when Lulu leaves the curiosity sideshow tent holding the hand of the boy Tessa has a crush on, Tessa feels betrayed. Then Lulu begins to spend more time with Celina, until Tessa feels more like the unwelcome younger sister than Lulu. Not that Tessa hasn't found someone to kiss this summer, but her boyfriend, Jasper, is a strange outcast, and their romance is a secret one. Interspers
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Nov 21, 2011
Paul
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Tessa and Celina are on the brink of their sophomore summer. Summer is always marked by the arrival of the circus. And though Tessa is the first to see the wagons, it is her younger sister, Lulu that comes away with the bigger prize in the opening of Castellucci's newest title. Sisterly relationships--with all of the love and the rivalry--are explored in alternating prose chapters and graphic novel spreads. The graphic novel spreads are more along the lines of the mythological presentation of th
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Feb 21, 2012
Kelly
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While I thought the mixed method approach to story telling was neat and well-woven, the story as a whole didn't work for me. There's a mythology to it, and while I got it, I thought the stronger storyline -- the notion of being lost in the shadow of your sister, of being lost in the shadow of yourself -- got swallowed in the mythology. Castellucci writes in a way I really appreciate. It's tight and it's direct, but I felt this book suffered from too much concept and not enough development.
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Nov 27, 2011
Mrs.
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Fans of Greek mythology will enjoy this odd, interesting little book which tells two stories (or perhaps only one) with words and pictures - worth a look!
--Review by Lauren
--Review by Lauren
Nov 27, 2011
Lauren
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Fans of Greek mythology will enjoy this odd, interesting little book which tells two stories (or perhaps only one) with words and pictures - worth a look!
Feb 14, 2012
Alternating chapters of text and graphics. The graphics at times anticipate the tragedy to come. Tessa's Medusa-hair is great.
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