![]() I am however going to try to convince you why you should read this book with the intention that it will have the same pivotal impression on you as it did on me. I’m also not going to give you a formal, regurgitated plot summary that you can find in just about any review of this book. ![]() ![]() I don’t need to tell you which kind of book World Without End is. Then there are books that change your mind on life, that give you a thrill as you read them and think about how much you’re loving to read this particular book, and how it’s making such an impression on you, and how you’re going to remember it for a long part of your life. There are books that you read, with vaguely interesting stories, that sometimes within less than a month have been forgotten, ignored, barely recollected except for title, author and a minor recall of plot. ![]()
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![]() After ten years in London, she now lives on the west coast of Scotland with her husband, their daughter, and various animals. Lisa Tuttle grew up in Texas but has spent most of her adult life in Great Britain. You can find this and many other great books at: Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental. ![]() Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places and events are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.Ī CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library The moral right of Lisa Tuttle to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988.Īll rights reserved. ![]() ![]() First published in Great Britain in 1998 by Mammoth ![]() ![]() The dialogue can be clunky, but Thompson has a great eye for the moment, and the pages fly by as Craig meets Raina at church camp, falls in love and questions his faith. ![]() It’s a childhood cloaked in snow, in which money is ever tight and Christ ever present, and school is a hostile place. First-time readers expecting an instant showstopper may wind up disappointed: the book unspools gradually over 600 black-and-white pages as young Craig negotiates life, sharing blankets unwillingly with his younger brother and reverently with his girlfriend Raina. But Thompson’s autobiographical tale of family life and young love in the American midwest has never before received an official UK release. Blankets has been garlanded with praise since its publication in 2003, winning an Eisner award and regularly featuring in lists of the best graphic novels of all time. ![]() ![]() ![]() * "Poignant and laugh-out-loud funny." - Publishers Weekly, starred review * "A wonderfully charming tale of family and sisters that anyone can bond with." - Kirkus Reviews, starred review "It hits home partly because there is nothing else out there like it." - The New York Times Book Review "One of the most widely loved kids' graphic novels in recent history." - Booklist "Irresistible, funny, and touching." - Kirkus Reviews "A compassionate and accessible look at one girl's struggles with anxiety." - The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books * "A must." - School Library Journal, starred review * "The story both normalizes therapy and shows a child developing useful coping mechanisms for anxiety in a way that will reassure, even inspire, readers." - Publishers Weekly, starred review ![]() School Library Journal Best Graphic Novel of the YearĪ 2020 CBC Children’s & Teen Choice Book Award Winner School Library Journal Best Book of the Year ![]() Washington Post Best Graphic Novel of the Yearįorbes Best Graphic Novel of 2019, Honorable MentionĬhicago Public Library's Best of the Best New York Times Best Children's Book of 2019 ![]() |