{"product_id":"joe-quinns-poltergeistisbn-9781536201605","title":"Joe Quinn's Poltergeist","description":"\u003cb\u003eThere’s a poltergeist in Joe Quinn’s house, and Davie is determined to discover its source in this lively, hopeful graphic storybook from David Almond and Dave McKean.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoe Quinn has been telling everyone about the poltergeist in his house, but no one believes him. No one, that is, except Davie. Davie’s felt the inexplicable presence in the Quinns’ house and seen random objects fly through the air. And there’s something else . . . a memory of Davie’s beloved sister and a feeling deep down that it might just be possible for ghosts to exist. Full of thoughts of hauntings and grief and God, Davie hovers on a precipice of uncertainty and possibility, a space that storyteller David Almond occupies comfortably and returns to again and again — here paired once more with the dynamic, dreamlike mixed-media art of Dave McKean.The art amplifies the characteristically dark, rich tones of Almond's prose all the way to a final Dylan Thomas-style promise that \"the world and all that's in it will continue to…hold us in its darkness and its light.\"... A keen collaboration moving seamlessly between worlds inner and outer, natural and supernatural.\u003cbr\u003e—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis throws Joe into an existential funk, expertly rendered in McKean’s dark, mixed-media illustrations, where overlapping, scribbled sketches embody confusion and conflict, jarring collages evoke an unsettled atmosphere, and negative space echoes absence and haunting memories. Joe navigates his inner turmoil, including grief and religious confusion, forming earnest revelations about life’s poltergeists (i.e., disruptions) and finding peace.\u003cbr\u003e—Booklist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMcKean restores a sense of compromised hope to complement Almond’s conclusion through a mix of dark greens with a smidge of yellow light above Davie’s head and the town itself, making this a marvelous lesson in visual metaphor as well as a thought-provoking horror story.\u003cbr\u003e—Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMcKean’s frenetic, ever-shifting mixed-media illustrations dramatically convey Davie’s experiences and story’s vivid characters, evoking a distinct sense of disquiet, while Almond’s text propels the plot and provides deeper meaning. Gripping and philosophical, this collaboration will prompt discussion.\u003cbr\u003e—Publishers Weekly\u003cb\u003eDavid Almond \u003c\/b\u003ehas received numerous awards, including a Hans Christian Andersen Award, a Carnegie Medal, and a Michael L. Printz Award. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eSkellig, Clay,\u003c\/i\u003e and many other stories, including \u003ci\u003eHarry Miller’s Run,\u003c\/i\u003e illustrated by Salvatore Rubbino; \u003ci\u003eThe Savage, Slog’s Dad,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMouse Bird Snake Wolf,\u003c\/i\u003e all illustrated by Dave McKean; and \u003ci\u003eMy Dad’s a Birdman\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Boy Who Climbed Into the Moon,\u003c\/i\u003e both illustrated by Polly Dunbar. David Almond lives in England.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDave McKean \u003c\/b\u003eis an illustrator whose work has been awarded a Nestlé Smarties Children’s Book Prize Gold Medal and been honored as a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Best Illustrated Children's Book of the Year. He has illustrated many children’s books, including Neil Gaiman’s \u003ci\u003eThe Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish, Coraline,\u003c\/i\u003eand the Newbery Medal–winning \u003ci\u003eThe Graveyard Book,\u003c\/i\u003e as well as three critically acclaimed collaborations with David Almond. Dave McKean lives in England.","brand":"Candlewick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304416432357,"sku":"NP9781536201605","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781536201604_24a7df0a-3c0e-4523-8148-0a629154faf1.jpg?v=1730757272","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/joe-quinns-poltergeistisbn-9781536201605","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}