Cloonan, Becky. East Coast rising.CLOONAN, Becky. East Coast rising. Tokyopop. 192p. illus. c2006. 1-5981-6468-6. $9.99. JS* Pirates abound in this OEL (Organic Electroluminescent Device) See OLED. (original English language English language, member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages). Spoken by about 470 million people throughout the world, English is the official language of about 45 nations. ) manga maNga is a popular Turkish nu metal/rapcore band. Their music is mainly a fusion of alternative metal and hip hop music, with a touch of Anatolian melodies; with heavy use of turntables, invoking comparisons with modern American nu metal bands. , set in a futuristic landscape in which New Jersey has become a home for criminals and New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. lies underwater. A young boy named Archer has been saved by a group of pirates, brought aboard their ship, La Revancha La Revancha (1989) was a Venezuelan telenovela that was produced by and seen on Venevisión. This telenovela lasted 247 episodes and was distributed internationally by Venevisión International. (The Revenge), and taken in as their new cabin boy. He had possessed a valuable treasure map that was taken by a rival pirate gang. Now Archer must rescue his map and become acclimated to life aboard La Revancha and his new mates. A truly masterful and spectacular work, this should resonate deeply with its target audience. Cloonan's themes, setting and characters are exciting and well developed, and her art, with its distinctive bold, heavy lines, is the perfect complement. Her young pirate characters' style should appeal to teen readers--many are dreadlocked, pierced, and tattooed--and resemble and echo trends in popular youth culture. An action-packed thrill ride full of swashbuckling swash·buck·le intr.v. swash·buck·led, swash·buck·ling, swash·buck·les To act as a swashbuckler, as in a movie or play. [Back-formation from swashbuckler. pirates, sea monsters and humor, this first volume in a projected trilogy should hold great teen appeal and will especially please fans of pirate stories. Jennifer Feigelman, YA Svcs. Libn., Goshen PL, Goshen, NY J--Recommended for junior high school students. The contents are of particular interest to young adolescents and their teachers. S--Recommended for senior high school students. *--The asterisk highlights exceptional books. |
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