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Shannon, David

A Bad Case of Stripes

32 pp. January, 1998 | Trade ISBN 0-590-92997-6
(4) K-3 A girl obsessed with what people think about her contracts an ailment that literally turns her into whatever anyone--classmates, doctors, etc.--decides she should be. The story is heavy-handed, but the girl's graphically depicted symptoms, from multicolored stripes to twigs and other spiny appendages protruding from her body, contribute to the dark comedy of the retro-style paintings.
Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.

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