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Chargement... Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword (original 2010; édition 2010)par Barry Deutsch (Auteur)
Information sur l'oeuvreHow Mirka Got Her Sword par Barry Deutsch (2010)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Unexpectedly, this is a fascinating graphic novel. The setting is unusual and the whole feel of it surreal- is this supposed to be a fantasy adventure or a young girl imagining things to make her life more exciting? I think I will tend toward the former, and as such it is interesting. The illustrations in tan and black are simple, yet expressive. The introduction to a culture fascinating, the characters unexpected. I do like that even though Mirka wants to fight battles against monsters, it is her wits that defeats the troll. Excellent art, but full of the unexpected in both good and bad ways. On the good side, it's not boring. The reader learns about growing up in an Orthodox Jewish community and how to fight trolls. On the bad side, it's over so fast it hardly makes sense. She gets her sword, but what's she going to do with it? Perhaps there will be sequels? aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Eleven-year-old Mirka Herschberg dreams of fighting dragons and spends her days honing her skills, even though there are no dragons in her Orthodox Jewish community, but when she accepts a challenge from a mysterious witch, Mirka just might win her dragon-fighting sword after all. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)741.5The arts Graphic arts and decorative arts Drawing & drawings Cartoons, Caricatures, ComicsClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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I’ve never been comfortable with graphic novels, in part because there’s so much going on on the page and my left-to-right-reading brain doesn’t always know where to jump to. The Kindle version (borrowed online from my local library) offers Guided View which helpfully moves panel by panel. This was my first experience with the Guided View feature, and I think I could handle reading more graphic novels in this format.
The story of Mirka is cute and at times pretty funny (e.g. one of her powers is knitting), and it’s peppered with Yiddish and cultural bits. Also, the illustrations use a calm color palette that isn’t overwhelming. It’s definitely made for kids/YA, but I enjoyed it and immediately checked out the other two in the series (though this was the best of them). ( )