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North Country (Graphic Novels)

By White, Shane

Publishers Summary:
Sometimes, you have to escape your past to get to the truth. ComicsLit introduces another amazing talent with a deeply felt story about growing up in a northern New York State mill town. After years of being away and making a life for himself, Shane finally travels back home. On his way, his mind is flooded with the memories of his blue-collar family under tremendous pressure and pushed to the breaking point by alcoholism and abuse. For a kid growing up in this, the pain can be tremendous. As an adult, resentment battles reconciliation. Beautifully evocative full color art.

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ISBN
978-1-56163-435-4
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ComicsLit


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on November 1, 2005

Gr 10-Up An introspective story about a man going home to visit his family and reliving his past along the way. Many of Shane's memories are painful. As he reflects on incidents in which his father repeatedly abused his family and once shot a cow in the head after it kicked him, readers may wonder why the young man would even consider returning home. Throughout the book, the quality of the artwork is consistently high, with two notable instances standing above the res...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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