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Interviews | October 21, 2009

Jill Owens: IMG The Powells.com Interview with Sam Savage

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samsavageSam Savage's first novel, Firmin, chronicled the coming-of-age misadventures of a very literate rat living in a bookstore in Boston's Scollay Square. Garnering praise from authors and... Continue »
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In a night of rioting, Daniel and his mother are forced to leave their apartment for the safety of a shelter. “Diaz has not been afraid to take risks in illustrating the story with thickly textured paintings against a background of torn-paper and found-object collage. Without becoming cluttered or gimmicky, these pictures manage to capture a calamitous atmosphere that finally calms. . . . Both author and artist have managed to portray a politically charged event without pretense or preaching.”--The Bulletin

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ISBN:
9780152699543
ill.:
Diaz, David,
Author:
Diaz, David
Author:
Bunting, Eve
Publisher:
Harcourt Children's Books
Location:
San Diego :
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks
Subject:
Interpersonal Relations
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
Adventure and adventurers
Subject:
Social Situations - Violence
Subject:
Lifestyles - City Life
Subject:
Human relations
Subject:
Riots
Subject:
Neighborliness
Subject:
Neighborliness -- Fiction.
Subject:
Riots -- California -- Los Angeles -- Juvenile fiction.
Subject:
Riots -- California -- Los Angeles -- Fiction.
Subject:
Situations / Violence
Subject:
Social Issues - Violence
Subject:
Lifestyles - City & Town Life
Subject:
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.
Edition Number:
1st ed.
Series Volume:
9478
Publication Date:
March 1994
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
Kindergarten - Up
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
40
Dimensions:
1032x1032x55 97
Age Level:
04-08
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