![]() ![]() "Takes a mesmerizing hold on the reader," adds HORN BOOK MAGAZINE. writes in an earthy but adept language," says KIRKUS REVIEWS. "Rapp’s prose is powerful, graphic and haunting," says SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL. The author’s raw, stream-of-consciousness writing style has earned him critical acclaim. His subsequent titles include THE BUFFALO TREE, THE COPPER ELEPHANT, and LITTLE CHICAGO, which was chosen as a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age. "For those readers who are ready to be challenged by a serious work of shockingly realistic fiction," notes SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, "it invites both an emotional and intellectual response, and begs to be discussed."Īdam Rapp’s first novel, MISSING THE PIANO, was named a Best Book for Young Adults as well as a Best Book for Reluctant Readers by the American Library Association. His narration captures the voices of two damaged souls (a third speaks only through drawings) to tell a story of alienation, deprivation, and ultimately, the saving power of compassion. With the language of the street and lyrical prose, Adam Rapp hurtles the reader into the world of lost children, a world that is not for the faint of heart. Among them: "When we have nowhere to go, who do we turn to? Why are we sometimes drawn to those who are deeply troubled? How far do we have to run before we find new possibilities?"Īt once harrowing and hypnotic, 33 SNOWFISH-which was nominated as a Best Book for Young Adults by the American Library Association-follows three troubled young people on the run in a stolen car with a kidnapped baby in tow. ![]() This book packs a gut punch of a warning about the danger of facile, speedy living.ĭECELERATE BLUE by Adam Rapp & Mike CavallaroĮveryone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too: A Book b.Adam Rapp says that when he was working on his chilling, compulsively readable young adult novel 33 SNOWFISH, he was haunted by several questions. ![]() which is suddenly rendered in magnificent color. Alas, Angela is spotted and things go seriously amiss, R+J-style, leaving Angela to make a bold choice at the end of the book. Angela bravely goes above ground to complete a mission and bring a package back to the Underground - pills that are called "Decelerate Blue", which are supposed to slow everyone's heartbeat down to make underground living more comfortable. When she is slipped a copy of "Kick the Boot", a novel by Kent Van Gough, she learns that he predicted this hyper world and its machinations.Īngela leaves school (where she is studying Romeo and Juliet) and joins the Underground (which is literally located under ground), where she finds love with a girl named Gladys (who has had her chip removed). People end spoken statements with the word "Go", which is rather like hitting "enter" on a text, but may also be a short form of "Go, Guarantee, Go", which is repeated all the time by characters to signify their allegiance to the idea of keeping their "guarantee" and trying to operate at the necessary speed to satisfy the requirements of the state.Īngela, the main character, is more of an "old school" girl who prefers things to be slower and have more meaning than is allowed in the "GO" world in which she lives. Contractions are mandatory whenever possible. Modifiers like adjectives and adverbs are avoided by most people. ![]() Things are described as "hyper" instead of super or great. In that future, everyone has a chip in their arm and is constantly monitored by "Guarantee", which appears to be an industrial state entity of some sort. (The name of the song is "I Just Can't Stop It", from an album of the same name.) It turns out to be almost a summary of this amazing dystopian graphic novel, Decelerate Blue, which is set in a hyperkinetic future. There's an old English Beat song that ends "faster faster faster faster STOP (I'm dead)". ![]()
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