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Yang, Gene Luen

The Eternal Smile

170 pp. | Roaring Brook/First Second | May, 2009 | Paper ISBN 978-1-59643-156-0 $16.95
(1) YA Illustrated by Derek Kirk Kim. In three graphic novellas, Yang and Kim explore the lure of dreams--and the power of waking up. Yang's main characters include a lowly monk ("Duncan's Kingdom"), frog Gran'pa Greenbax ("The Eternal Smile"), and oppressed office worker Janet Oh ("Urgent Request"); Kim's varied illustrations give each tale a different mood. It's an optimistic volume, with big questions growing out of superbly inventive storytelling.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2009

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