Sometimes text alone doesn’t do justice to the YA genre, with all its quirkiness and its emphasis on relationships, feelings, and all the gooey bits that make us tick. The format of graphic novels, and their visual, visceral freedom, can be a great fit for the in between, disorderly gray areas the genre relishes. With that in […]
Get ready for a thrilling journey in Compass South, a New York Times–bestselling middle-grade graphic novel full of pirates and adventure, from the same team who created the Eisner Award-winner Salt Magic.
It's 1860 in New York City. When 12-year-old twins Alexander and Cleopatra's father disappears, they join the Black Hook Gang and are caught by the police pulling off a heist. They agree to reveal the identity of the gang in exchange for tickets to New Orleans. But once there, Alex is shanghaied to work on a ship that is heading for San Francisco via Cape Horn. Cleo stows away on a steamer to New Granada where she hopes to catch a train to San Francisco to find her brother. Neither Alexander nor Cleo realizes the real danger they are in-they are being followed by pirates who think they hold the key to treasure. How they outwit the pirates and find each other makes for a fast-paced, breathtaking adventure.
A Margaret Ferguson Book
Get ready for a thrilling journey in Compass South, a New York Times–bestselling middle-grade graphic novel full of pirates and adventure, from the same team who created the Eisner Award-winner Salt Magic.
It's 1860 in New York City. When 12-year-old twins Alexander and Cleopatra's father disappears, they join the Black Hook Gang and are caught by the police pulling off a heist. They agree to reveal the identity of the gang in exchange for tickets to New Orleans. But once there, Alex is shanghaied to work on a ship that is heading for San Francisco via Cape Horn. Cleo stows away on a steamer to New Granada where she hopes to catch a train to San Francisco to find her brother. Neither Alexander nor Cleo realizes the real danger they are in-they are being followed by pirates who think they hold the key to treasure. How they outwit the pirates and find each other makes for a fast-paced, breathtaking adventure.
A Margaret Ferguson Book
Compass South: A Graphic Novel (Four Points, Book 1)
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781466895935 |
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Publisher: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Publication date: | 06/28/2016 |
Series: | Four Points Series , #1 |
Sold by: | Macmillan |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 224 |
File size: | 416 MB |
Note: | This product may take a few minutes to download. |
Age Range: | 10 - 12 Years |