Metamorphosis

Name: Metamorphosis
Brand: Candlewick
SKU: 9780763637651-CWUSDTR
Price: 106.0 HKD
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Junior Year

Betsy Franco (Author) • Tom Franco (Illustrator) ... more

Edition: US - Hardback

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English • Age 13 - 17

128 pages • 5.91 x 8.61 x 0.65 in

Approx. weight: 0.61 lb

Publication date: 13 Oct,2009

Barcode: 9780763637651 • Candlewick

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By: Betsy Franco | Illustrator: Tom Franco

He’s a young artist obsessed with myths. But can he fix his own fate? Acclaimed author Betsy Franco and her talented son collaborate on a hip YA novel of "epic" proportions.

Life. Love. Death. Identity. Ovid’s got a lot on his mind, and he pours it all — as confessions, observations, narrative poems, and drawings — into the pages of a notebook. Inspired by his namesake, he wryly records his classmates’ dramas as modern-day Roman mythology. There’s Sophie and Caleb, the Psyche and Cupid of cyber-couples; poetic Paula, who pursues filmmaker Franny like Apollo chasing Daphne; and graphic novelist Duwayne, a Proserpina shuttling between divorced parents. Meanwhile, Ovid hides his own Olympian struggles: his meth addict sister Thena has run off, leaving him with a suffocating home life and a disturbing secret. In her striking YA debut, Betsy Franco introduces an expressive soul with a heartbreakingly authentic voice. Fantastical ink illustrations by her son Tom Franco enhance the intimate tone, delving deep into one intriguing teen’s imagination.