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When Sophie Gets Angry--Really, Really Angry . . .
40 pp.
March, 1999 |
TradeISBN 0-590-18979-4$$15.95
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The rage a girl experiences when her sister takes her toy away is made manifest by Bang's shrewd use of intense color, onomatopoeia, and illustrative metaphor that depicts Sophie as "a volcano, ready to explode." Readers can feel the mood shift when Sophie runs outside and climbs a tree to comfort herself, and the fiery, angry colors change to soothing greens and blues.