Pub Date: October 31, 2023
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Price on Product
Target Age Group: 13 to 17
Physical Info: 1.00" H x 9.30" L x 6.10" W ( 1.25 lbs) 256 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Religious | Jewish | Comics and Graphic Novels | Fairy Tales Folklore Legends and Mythology | Historical
Description:
Sydney Taylor Honor Award winner
National Jewish Book Award finalist
Neal Shusterman, Margaret A. Edwards Award Winner
National Book Award winner Neal Shusterman and acclaimed illustrator Andrés Vera Martínez present a graphic novel exploring the Holocaust through surreal visions and a textured canvas of heroism and hope.
Courage to Dream plunges readers into the Holocaust - one of the greatest atrocities in human history - delving into the core of what it means to face the extinction of everything and everyone you hold dear.
This gripping, multifaceted tapestry is woven from Jewish folklore and cultural history. Five interlocking narratives explore one common story - the tradition of resistance and uplift. Neal Shusterman and Andrés Vera Martínez are internationally renowned creators who have collaborated on a masterwork that encourages the compassionate, bold reaching for a dream.
Brief description: Neal Shusterman is the New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty award-winning books for children, teens, and adults, including the Unwind dystology, the Skinjacker trilogy, Downsiders, and Challenger Deep, which won the National Book Award. Scythe, the first book in his latest series, Arc of a Scythe, is a Michael L. Printz Honor Book. He also writes screenplays for motion pictures and television shows. Neal is the father of four, all of whom are talented writers and artists themselves. Visit Neal at StoryMan.com and Facebook.com/NealShusterman.
Review Quotes:
PRAISE FOR NEAL SHUSTERMAN
Praise for the Arc of a Scythe trilogy:
"Furiously paced." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Gripping." --School Library Journal (starred review)
"Stellar." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Praise for Dry:
"No one does doom like Neal Shusterman." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"The palpable desperation that pervades the plot...feels true, giving it a chilling air of inevitability." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"The Shustermans challenge readers." --School Library Journal (starred review)
Praise for the Unwind dystology:
"Gripping, brilliantly imagined futuristic thriller...The issues raised could not be more provocative--the sanctity of life, the meaning of being human--while the delivery could hardly be more engrossing or better aimed to teens."--Publishers Weekly, starred review
"A thought-provoking, well-paced read that will appeal widely."--School Library Journal, starred review