Bad Machinery Volume 1: The Case of the Team Spirit

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

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Beskrivning

Shauna. Charlotte. Mildred. Three schoolgirlsleuths. Jack. Linton. Sonny. Three schoolboy investigators. Tackleford. Onemid-sized city with a history of countless mysteries. Is there enough room atGriswalds Grammar School for two groups of kid detectives? There better be,because once these kids have set their sights on solving a mystery there'snothing that can derail them. Nothing, except maybe gossip, classwork, newfootball player cards, torment from siblings, or any number of childhooddistractions.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-04-02
Mått:229 x 305 x 11 mm
Vikt:676 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:112
Förlag:Oni Press,US
Medarbetare:John Allison
ISBN:9781620100844
Utmärkelser:Commended for Cybils (Graphic Novel/YA) 2013

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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (STARRED) - Allison is a triplethreat: he plots deftly, draws confidently, and writes dead-on adolescentdialogue. Set in a grammar school in a British working-class community, thisfirst book in his Bad Machinery series--originally published as a webcomic--hasthree earnest boys wing against three sharp-tongued girls to solve mysteries.The framing story concerns a Russian owner of a U.K. football (soccer) teamtrying to bully an elderly homeowner to sell her house; as the title hints,supernatural elements surface, too. There's plenty of cynical commentary aboutBritish consumer culture, and the students' sardonic banter provides a constantobbligato. About her mother's boyfriend's Velvet Underground albums, Shaunayawns, "It's nice that you gave some money to people just playing music for thefirst time." Allison's adults are sympathetically drawn, too--even thearchvillain has a human side. A wry glossary "defines" British terms ("Nuffink:The way you say 'nothing' if you were dragged up rather than brought up"), butcan't begin to illuminate the arcane mysteries of the Britishfootball-industrial complex; readers are on their own there. Dark, fast-paced,and riotously funny entertainment. Ages 10-up. (Mar.)