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Space dumplins

by Thompson, Craig, 1975-

Format: Print Book 2015
Availability: Available at 14 Libraries 15 of 19 copies

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Summary
Highly acclaimed graphic novelist Craig Thompson's debut book for young readers about a plucky heroine on a mission to save her dad.For Violet Marlocke, family is the most important thing in the whole galaxy. So when her father goes missing while on a hazardous job, she can't just sit around and do nothing. To get him back, Violet throws caution to the stars and sets out with a group of misfit friends on a quest to find him. But space is vast and dangerous, and she soon discovers that her dad is in big, BIG trouble. With her father's life on the line, nothing is going to stop Violet from trying to rescue him and keep her family together.Visionary graphic novel creator Craig Thompson brings all of his wit, warmth, and humor to create a brilliantly drawn story for all ages. Set in a distant yet familiar future, Space Dumplins weaves themes of family, friendship, and loyalty into a grand space adventure filled with quirky aliens, awesome spaceships, and sharp commentary on our environmentally challenged world.
Published Reviews
Booklist Review: "*Starred Review* Violet's dad works for the sawmill, which refines space-whale poop into valuable fuel. It's a tough, thankless job, and along with her mom's work as a low-level fashion designer, they eke by. Soon, though, their income is the least of their problems. While her dad is away on a top-secret mission for the sawmill, a devastating wave of sticky whale diarrhea (eerily like an oil spill) sweeps through their sector, and she and her mother don't know whether her father is safe. Her mother can't afford the help they need to find her dad, so intrepid Violet launches her own mission, along with Elliot, the seizure-prone, hyperintelligent chicken, and Zaccheus, the loud-mouthed, runty Lumpkin. For all its scatological humor, Thompson's sci-fi adventure is packed with sensitive commentary on all-too-familiar issues dependence on a destructive energy source, stark economic divides, and prejudice against the poor. His kinetic full-color illustrations are jammed with wacky aliens and Seussian space architecture, while the intensely detailed backgrounds signal economic differences: poorer sectors are dusty, brown, and full of cobbled-together spaceships and piles of rusty junk, while the tony space station is full of sleek, swooping lines; transparent walkways; and bright, shiny colors. With thrilling adventure, a stalwart and good-hearted hero, some well-timed laughs, and a meaningful message at its heart, this will surely be a star.--Hunter, Sarah Copyright 2015 Booklist"
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Publisher's Weekly Review: "A third of the way into Thompson's first graphic novel for young readers, his heroine Violet mishears "eschatological" as "scatological." Oddly enough, both adjectives fit the story to a T. Poop is everywhere in Violet's itinerant, extraterrestrial existence-neon green space whale poop, that is. Violet's father, a "lumberjack," harvests it for money (it's an important energy source), while her mother works in the fashion industry; the family's financial stresses are as keenly felt as the tension between blue-collar and creative-class work. When a toxic whale diarrhea spill threatens widespread disaster, and Violet's father goes missing, she is thrust into a position to save the day, joined by Elliot, a timid chicken plagued by portentous visions, and Zacchaeus, a rowdy alien who may be the last of his kind. Thompson (Habibi) has created a richly imagined and gorgeously illustrated universe, and his candy-colored palette belies the class divisions, environmental woes, and corporate/industrial dominance of Violet's future. It's a wild and funny escapade, undergirded by a tender portrait of a family just trying to get by. Ages 8-12. Agent: PJ Mark, Janklow & Nesbit. (Aug.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved."

Additional Information
Subjects Space vehicles -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Girls -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Fathers and daughters -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Missing persons -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Extraterrestrial beings -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Space vehicles -- Fiction.
Girls -- Fiction.
Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.
Missing persons -- Fiction.
Extraterrestrial beings -- Fiction.
Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction.
Cartoons and comics.
Science fiction.
Outer space -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Outer space -- Fiction.
Action and adventure comics.
Science fiction comics.
Comics (Graphic works)
Graphic novels.
Publisher New York, NY :Graphix,2015
Edition First edition.
Other Titles Space dumplings
Contributors Stewart, Dave, illustrator.
Language English
Description 310 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN 9780545565431
054556543X
9780545565417
0545565413
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