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A haunting but playful feast for the eyes. Oksi interprets an age-old story with inimitable vision and grace. -Foreword Reviews Dark, complex, and gratifying. With its ethereal fairy-tale quality, this quietly challenging story of parents and children translated from the original Finnish is visually powerful and emotionally compelling. -Kirkus Reviews, [STAR] A must for libraries with folklore and world culture collections. -School Library Connection (starred), [STAR] Fluidly rendered in inky bw washes; accents of color leap off the page as the translation by Aronpuro flows smoothly. - Publishers Weekly (starred), [STAR] Painful yet unforgettable... [this] Finnish fairy tale sees the damage that gods, mothers, and daughters are willing to inflict upon one another, all under the guise of love. -Booklist (starred),

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Mari Ahokoivu is an illustrator and comics artist from Finland. Her magnum opus, Oksi, was called 'beautiful, clever, funny, vibrant, and full of magic' by the biggest newspaper in her home country; was shortlisted for the Jarkko Laine Award; and has now been translated into English as the first graphic novel on the Levine Querido list.

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