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Several friends, led by the purple-haired Vita, try to figure out how to make their band work despite the <p> fact that no one knows how to play anything. But when Vita, whose older brother is a cancer researcher, <p> learns that band-member Tanya has leukemia, she begins to wonder how their upcoming performance <p> might be put to a greater good. Emerson's graphic novel (developed with Peter Reynolds' FableVision <p> media company) succeeds on several levels: the characters are credibly diverse in personality and <p> appearance, and their individual stories are carefully twisted into a full and complex story arc. <p> Additionally, information about leukemia's physical toll on a young patient and research methods to <p> combat it are integrated cleanly and without didacticism. Full-color panels vary in size and shape, with <p> scenes moving from the stage to a soda shop to the back corridors of the hospital. Gentler and for a <p> younger crowd than Judd Winick's Pedr

Several friends, led by the purple-haired Vita, try to figure out how to make their band work despite the fact that no one knows how to play anything. But when Vita, whose older brother is a cancer researcher, learns that band-member Tanya has leukemia, she begins to wonder how their upcoming performance might be put to a greater good. Emerson's graphic novel (developed with Peter Reynolds' FableVision media company) succeeds on several levels: the characters are credibly diverse in personality and appearance, and their individual stories are carefully twisted into a full and complex story arc. Additionally, information about leukemia's physical toll on a young patient and research methods to combat it are integrated cleanly and without didacticism. Full-color panels vary in size and shape, with scenes moving from the stage to a soda shop to the back corridors of the hospital. Gentler and for a younger crowd than Judd Winick's Pedro and Me (2000), this bouncy cartoon story nonetheless mines equally serious territory, and stands a good chance of finding wide popularity to boot. -- Francisca Goldsmith, BOOKLIST, March 15, 2010

Several friends, led by the purple-haired Vita, try to figure out how to make their band work despite the<p><p> fact that no one knows how to play anything. But when Vita, whose older brother is a cancer researcher, <p><p> learns that band-member Tanya has leukemia, she begins to wonder how their upcoming performance<p><p> might be put to a greater good. Emerson's graphic novel (developed with Peter Reynolds' FableVision<p><p> media company) succeeds on several levels: the characters are credibly diverse in personality and<p><p> appearance, and their individual stories are carefully twisted into a full and complex story arc.<p><p> Additionally, information about leukemia's physical toll on a young patient and research methods to<p><p> combat it are integrated cleanly and without didacticism. Full-color panels vary in size and shape, with<p><p> scenes moving from the stage to a soda shop to the back corridors of the hospital. Gentler and for a<p><p> younger crowd than Judd Winick's Pedro and Me (2000), this bouncy cartoon story nonetheless mines<p><p> equally serious territory, and stands a good chance of finding wide popularity to boot.<p><p> -- Francisca Goldsmith, BOOKLIST, March 15, 2010

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FableVision is an award-winning children's media developer and book packager founded by Peter and Paul Reynolds. Peter H. Reynolds is the bestselling author and illustrator of I'm Here, The Dot, and Ish; and illustrator for the #1 New York Times bestseller Someday by Alison McGhee. He is also the illustrator of Going Places, Little Boy, Charlie and Kiwi, and the Judy Moody series. He lives in Dedham, Massachusetts, where he is co-owner of the Blue Bunny bookstore. Visit Peter at PeterHReynolds.com.

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