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The Eternal Smile
By Yang, Gene Luen
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-1-59643-156-0
- Publisher
- First Second Roaring Brook
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2009
Gr 9-Up Yang and Kim are expert storytellers and work well together here to present three tales with fablelike takeaways. Duncan seems to be a hero story set in a lush medieval Europe, with the titular character embarking on an iconic quest to win the hand of the fair ladyexcept for odd visual details that crop up, such as the frumpy and definitely modern woman holding her bespectacled head in her hands and the apparently magic Snappy Cola bottle. The turn from fantasy to Duncans reality is made ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on July 1, 2009
In three graphic novellas, Yang and Kim explore the power of dreams and, more to the point, the power of waking up. The lowly monk Duncan, in "Duncan's Kingdom," is determined to win the hand of the princess by beheading the dreadful frog king and storming his pagoda fortress—wait, what? Why is the king hiding a bottle of...Snappy Cola? In the title story, Gran'pa Greenbax (another frog) uses the appearance of a giant smile in the sky to reinve...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Starred Review on January 1, 2009
In three graphic novellas, Yang and Kim explore the lure of dreams--and the power of waking up. Yang's main characters include a lowly mon...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
