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Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow?
Contributor(s): Fies, Brian (Author), Fies, Brian (Illustrator)

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 ISBN: 0810996367     ISBN-13: 9780810996366
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
OUR PRICE: $21.21  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 2009
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Annotation: The long-awaited follow-up to "Mom's Cancer" is a unique graphic novel that tells the story of a young boy and his relationship with his father.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Comics & Graphic Novels
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2008060020
Age Level: 13-22
Grade Level: 8-17
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.8" W x 10.2" L (1.65 lbs) 208 pages
Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Library Journal 09/15/2009 pg. 45
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 138399
Reading Level: 5.2   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 2.0
 
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Publisher Description:
Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow?, the long-awaited follow-up to Mom's Cancer, is a unique graphic novel that tells the story of a young boy and his relationship with his father. Spanning the period from the 1939 New York World's Fair to the last Apollo space mission in 1975, it is told through the eyes of a boy as he grows up in an era that was optimistic and ambitious, fueled by industry, engines, electricity, rockets, and the atom bomb. An insightful look at relationships and the promise of the future, award-winning author Brian Fies presents his story in a way that only comics and graphic novels can. Interspersed with the comic book adventures of Commander Cap Crater (created by Fies to mirror the styles of the comics and the time periods he is depicting), and mixing art and historical photographs, this groundbreaking graphic novel is a lively trip through a half century of technological evolution. It is also a perceptive look at the changing moods of our nation-and the enduring promise of the future. "A hopelessly optimistic moon-age daydream"--The Village Voice

"Whatever Happened To The World Of Tomorrow is a very special book that will speak to you on so many levels. And at the end of it, when you sit there and think on what you've just read, it may even make you, like it did me, realise that Fies' vision of our past and his hope for the future is something we can all share in. Quite brilliant."--Richard Bruton, forbiddenplanet.co.ukF&P level: Y

Contributor Bio(s): Fies, Brian: - Brian Fies is a writer and cartoonist of the award-winning graphic novels Mom's Cancer and Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow? Although he lost his home, he and his wife are rebuilding in Santa Rosa, California.
 
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