The odyssey: a graphic novel

Author: Hinds, Gareth,1971-

Title The odyssey: a graphic novel

Published: Somerville: Candlewick Press, 2010

Description: 248 p. :chiefly col. ill. ; 28 cm.

Call Number: PZ7.7 H56 O39 2010

Summary: Retells, in graphic novel format, Homer’s epic tale of Odysseus, the ancient Greek hero who encounters witches and other obstacles on his journey home after fighting in the Trojan War

Subject(s):

• Homer. Odyssey -- Adaptations
• Odysseus (Greek mythology) -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Heroes -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Odysseus (Greek mythology) -- Fiction
• Mythology, Greek -- Fiction
• Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction
• Heroes -- Fiction
• Graphic novels

Review(s):

• Gorman, Michele. "GETTING GRAPHIC : TALL TALES, MYTHS, AND LEGENDS." Library Media Connection 29, no. 2 (October 2010): 40

Read: June 9, 2011

The forge of God

Author: Bear, Greg, 1951-

Title: The forge of God

Published: New York: Tor, 2001

Description: 473 p. ; 22 cm.

Call Number: PS3552 E163 F67 2001

Subject(s):

• Science fiction, American

Review(s):

• J.C. "The Force of God (Book)." Library Journal 112, no. 15 (September 15, 1987): 97

Read: June 5, 2011

The glass castle: a memoir

Author: Walls, Jeannette

Title: The glass castle: a memoir

Published: New York: Scribner, 2005

Description: 288 p. ; 21 cm.

Call Number: HV 5132 W215 2005

Summary: In the tradition of Mary Karr's "The Liars' Club" and Rick Bragg's "All Over But the Shouting," Jeannette Walls has written a stunning and life-affirming memoir about surviving a willfully impoverished, eccentric and severely misguided family. The child of an alcoholic father and an eccentric artist mother discusses her family's nomadic upbringing, during which she and her siblings fended for themselves while their parents outmaneuvered bill collectors and the authorities

Subject(s):

• Walls, Jeannette
• Children of alcoholics -- United States -- Biography
• Children of alcoholics -- West Virginia -- Welch -- Biography
• Dysfunctional families -- United States -- Case studies
• Dysfunctional families -- West Virginia -- Welch -- Case studies
• Poor -- West Virginia -- Welch -- Biography
• Homeless persons -- Family relationships -- New York (State) -- New York

Review(s):

• Hockett, Jessica A. "Book Review." Gifted Child Quarterly 52, no. 3 (Summer 2008): 269-270
• Walls, Jeannette. "Truth and Consequences." Publishers Weekly 252, no. 37 (September 19, 2005): 74
• Zvirin, Stephanie. "The Glass Castle (Book)." Booklist 101, no. 11 (February 2005): 923

Read: May 27, 2011

Nowhere but here

Author: Lee, Jocelyn,1962-

Title: Nowhere but here

Published: Göttingen: Steidl, 2010

Description: 133 p. :chiefly col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Call Number: TR647 L44 2010

Note(s): "This book published on the occasion of the exhibition: Jocelyn Lee: nowhere but here, May 6-June 12, 2010, Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York"--Colophon. Foreward by Sharon Olds; afterword by Lydia Neuman

Subject(s):

• Photography, Artistic

Review(s): Forthcoming

Read: May 22, 2011