by Matt Phelan
I had said in last week's post that today I'd be writing a Matt Phelan 'masterpost'. Typically this means that I cover 3+ books by a single author (or multiple authors writing together in a series). However, today I'm just going to talk about 2 books because honestly that's all I could get my hands ...
Pretty gritty, but hey it is about the Dust Bowl. Ha! I can't resist a good pun. I'm really becoming a fan of Phelan's work after reading this and Bluffton - he has a knack for really conveying a child's perspective and distilling a particular moment in time. In the case of Bluffton - it was early 1...
Very different graphic novel telling an interesting chapter in American history for younger readers.
Winner of the Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction award. Graphic novel telling the tale of a boy and his family during 1937 in Kansas during the Dust Bowl. Phelan tells in the author notes that he wanted to create a story about the life in the dust bowl through the eyes of a child. This is a great tale ...
Growing up during the Dust Bowl, Jack and his sisters know little but poverty, depression, and anxiety. Their father is depressed, the older girl is seriously ill, and Jack is badly bullied by other boys. The children's only pleasures are fantasy stories and their mother's memories of a green and pr...
Were I to base my review solely on the art, this book would easily nab five stars. It's an incredibly beautiful and expressive piece in that arena, with the use of color and the amazingly rendered facial expressions lingering in the mind long after the book is closed.Unfortunately, the story never g...
a graphic novel of a kid's experience during the Dust Bowl told with a magical realistic quality.
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