There is significant richness in potential comparisons that will be lost if the reader doesn’t know Moby-Dick, but even taken as a standalone title, this is an intriguing, complex book. All from 1.79 New Books from 7.40 Used Books from 1.79 Rare Books from 36. Todd lives in a suburb of New York and speaks. When she gets her hands on some sensational shots of Willow, shes suddenly in over her head. Todd Strasser has written many critically acclaimed novels for adults, teenagers, and children, including the award-winning Can’t Get There from Here, Give a Boy a Gun, Boot Camp, If I Grow Up, Famous, and How I Created My Perfect Prom Date, which became the Fox feature film Drive Me Crazy.

Additionally, it won’t take more than a few pages for even the uninitiated to catch that this is essentially Moby-Dick in sci-fi form. A teenage paparazzo makes a dangerous discovery in this timely look at celebrity “that is likely to be snapped up and make a lasting impression” (School Library Journal).All Jamie Gordon wants to do is to take pictures of celebrities.and maybe to become famous herself. All Jamie Gordon wants to do is to take pictures of celebrities and maybe to become famous herself. There’s a whole lot of book here: gripping descriptions of an Earth polluted beyond belief, time travel, long passages featuring gory sea battles, mystical island folk, and, of course, the overlaps with a very famous book, but other than occasionally flat characterization, the mix works quite well.

He also rapidly ascertains that his boat is captained by a maniacal man whose only focus is finding and killing the Great Terrafin, and he’ll take everyone down in his pursuit if necessary. Ishmael doesn’t know oceans, islands, fish, or even fresh food, but he soon becomes the natural leader of his small group of newbies. Large Gregor Strasser signed photo by the Heinrich Hoffmann studios in. Ishmael needs to adjust quickly to the new planet on which he’s just arrived, because the lives of those he loves back on the dying Earth depend on his earning money for their transport by serving on a boat. NSDAP (Nazi Party) Leader Gregor Strasser OUTSTANDING Signed (Autographed) Photo.

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