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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9780531068007
ISBN: 0531068005
Label: Orchard Books
Manufacturer: Orchard Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: 1993-09
Publisher: Orchard Books
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Sales Rank: 1375498
Studio: Orchard Books
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Product Description:
A brilliantly visualized drama of energy that is sure to engage even the most reluctant readers. What do a meter maid, a candy maker, a seeing-eye dog, the Statue of Liberty, the New York subway system, and the ceiling of Grand Central Station have in common? Featured billing in this amazing and amusing modern-day myth.
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When a token that controls the fate of Long Island is lost it's up to one girl, Sarah Groff, to get it back. It's the 45th day of the 13th moon; the humans come to an island. The island is owned by the Kurbs, creatures who thrive on darkness. The humans ask for permission to live on the island. The Kurbs say yes but on one condition, every year the humans have to find the Kurbs' power source. The humans granted one person powers to find the power. When a "Neon Light Genius", Mr. Underton, finds ... Read More
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I thought this was an astounding and ingenious book. There are people called "Kurbs" and they own an island and have a lot of POWER. Unfortunately, after an accident that caused him to be blind, a man wants to take the POWER for himself and the token in which the POWER rests. He keeps ordering his assistant to get the token, but the assistant marries the woman with the token. Then a boy finds the token while being attacked by pigeons, and then the rest of the story turns into a fast-paced adventure ... Read More
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I really didn't find anything outstanding (or particularly bad) about this graphic novel. There are many good graphic novels, such as _Maus_, but this is not one of them. The "graphic" aspect is nice in places (such as the cityscapes), but overall is uninspiring. The "novel" aspect tells a story that is entertaining, but lacks depth in the characters. The story is also presented as something of an allegory, but it is not at all clear to me what it could represent -- any ideas I came up with did ... Read More
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This is one of my favorite Avi books. It is told in a comic book form, but don't let that fool you. It would have been just as good if it had been writen as a novel, but the black and white pictures really add depth to the story.
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My 11-year-old son read this book, who is not much of a reader in the first place, except for Harry Potter -- and he found it exceptional. This is the first book that he he continued reading until it was completely done. The story is based on a boy and girl, trying to recover a gold token hidden by the "Kurbs". Once they find it and return it to the "Kurbs", society can continue living on Earth. In the meantime a blind neon sign builder is trying to capture the token in order to light up his neon ... Read More
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