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The Sidekick Comes of Age

Author : Stephen M. Zimmerly
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1498586805
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book The Sidekick Comes of Age written by Stephen M. Zimmerly and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2019-04-15 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Literary sidekicks like Dr. Watson and Robin the Boy Wonder have not been the singular subject of a significant critical study—until now. Using young adult literature (YA) to study the sidekick reveals new and exciting ways to understand these kinds of characters and this kind of literature. YA has embraced the sidekick, recognizing the way the character reflects the importance of growth and finding one’s place in the world. The nature of many YA texts allows sidekicks to grow beyond literary or historical origins. This includes letting sidekicks “evolve” over the course of multiple texts, using parallel novels to add complexity to a sidekick’s characterization, and telling a story from the sidekick’s perspective, paradoxically making the sidekick the hero. A singularly focused and prolonged study helps to establish sidekick scholarship as a burgeoning field in and of itself.

Sidekicks

Author : Dan Santat
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1338042459
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Sidekicks written by Dan Santat and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2015-12-29 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suit up for this high-octane graphic novel debut by the Caldecott Medalist and #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Adventures of Beekle. Captain Amazing, the hometown hero of Metro City, is so busy catching criminals that he rarely has time for his pets—he hasn’t even noticed they’ve been developing superpowers of their own! So when Captain Amazing announces he needs a sidekick, his eager pets—a dog, a hamster, and a chameleon—all decide to audition for the part and a chance for one-on-one time with the Captain. But while each pet is focused on winning the coveted sidekick spot, an even bigger battle in Metro City is about to unleash . . . Dr. Havoc, Captain Amazing’s long-time nemesis, is hatching up a new scheme, and the Captain’s found himself in serious trouble. Can the warring pets put their squabbles aside to save the day? Will the return of a forgotten friend help them in their time of need? Or will this be the end for Captain Amazing? Get ready for sibling rivalry royale as pets with superpowers duke it out for the one thing they all want most: a super family. “The lovable menagerie of crime-fighting pets offers lots of laughs and a boisterous and exuberant storyline.” —Kirkus Reviews “Lively, insightful, and just plain fun, this convergence of capes and creatures will find a wide audience in animal lovers and superhero fans alike.” —The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

School for Sidekicks

Author : Kelly McCullough
Publisher : Feiwel & Friends
ISBN 13 : 1250080193
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book School for Sidekicks written by Kelly McCullough and published by Feiwel & Friends. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Evan Quick, Hero's Log, May the 25th... and darn it – I just can't do this. I'm never going to be a Mask. Get over it Evan." Evan Quick has spent his whole life dreaming of becoming a hero. Every morning he wakes up and runs through a checklist of test to see if he's developed powers over night, and every day it is the same thing – nothing. No flying, no super strength, no heat rays or cold beams. No invulnerability – that always hurt to check – no telepathy, no magic. Not even the ability to light a light bulb without flipping a switch. And now, he's finally ready to give up. But then, the class field trip to the Mask Museum is interrupted by a super villain attack, and Evan somehow manages to survive a death ray. Even better, Evan's favorite Mask, Captain Commanding, shows up to save them all -- and when things go very wrong, it's Evan who finds the strength to come to Captain Commanding's rescue. Yet the hero's reception Evan is expecting never happens. Before he even gets the chance to say hello, Evan is bundled away to The Academy, an institution derisively called The School for Sidekicks by its students. Forced to take classes like Banter Basics and Combat with Dinnerware, while being assigned as an ‘apprentice' to Foxman – a Mask widely considered a has-been -- Evan starts to worry that he'll never be able to save the day...

The Detective's Companion in Crime Fiction

Author : Lucy Andrew
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030749894
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book The Detective's Companion in Crime Fiction written by Lucy Andrew and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-07-24 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to establish the position of the sidekick character in the crime and detective fiction literary genres. It re-evaluates the traditional view that the sidekick character in these genres is often overlooked as having a small, generic or singular role—either to act as the foil to the detective in order to accentuate their own abilities at solving crimes, or else to simply tell the story to the reader. Instead, essays in the collection explore the representations and functions of the detective’s sidekick across a range of forms and subgenres of crime fiction. By incorporating forms such as children’s detective fiction, comics and graphic novels and film and television alongside the more traditional fare of novels and short stories, this book aims to break down the boundaries that sometimes exist between these forms, using the sidekick as a defining thread to link them together into a wider conceptual argument that covers a broad range of crime narratives.

Grimm's Trailer Full of Secrets

Author : Rhonda V. Wilcox
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 147664568X
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Grimm's Trailer Full of Secrets written by Rhonda V. Wilcox and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-01-24 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NBC's Grimm is an understudied series full of compelling characters, including Monroe, the charmingly knowledgeable vegetarian who looks like a werewolf; Wu, the funny cop who beats his way to the truth; Adalind, the enjoyably vengeful, risk-taking witch; Trubel, the furious young loner accused of insanity; Kelly, a powerful older warrior-woman; Nick, a compassionate detective; Hank, Juliette, Rosalee and others. This book, which includes a chapter on each key figure, explores the fascinating world of characterization in television. The storyline, as well as the dialogue, acting, costumes, scenery, lighting and music, contribute to in-depth depictions that evolve over time. Grimm's figures confound our perceptions of race, age and gender. They demonstrate the ability of TV characters to build unforgettable, meaningful connections.

Side Kick

Author : Adeline Radloff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780624049180
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (491 download)

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Download or read book Side Kick written by Adeline Radloff and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Katie Holmes, aged 17, lives with her adoptive mother, the housekeeper of a fabulous house in Camps Bay belonging to the gorgeous hunk Finn O Reilly. Finn has the ability to stop time, to move into what is called untime . Katie can t stop time but, uniquely, can function in untime and works as a partner, a sidekick, to Finn. A fantasy novel rooted in very real teenage issues, it maintains a level of suspense and intrigue all the way through.The writing has a lively and sophisticated edge which makes the story more suitable for older teens. Certainly girls will love the strong, honest relationship of Katie with the mysterious Finn, and if we can get boys past the fact that the main protagonist is a girl, they will be intrigued by the idea of moving into untime, and they will love the Porsche that Katie drives and the action sections of the story."

In Transition

Author : Emily Corbett
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1496852621
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (968 download)

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Download or read book In Transition written by Emily Corbett and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2024-06-17 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book-length work of its kind, In Transition: Young Adult Literature and Transgender Representation examines the shift in the young adult book market towards increased representation of transgender characters and authors. Through a comprehensive exploration of historical conventions, genres, character diversity, and ideologies of trans representation, Emily Corbett traces the roots of trans literature from its beginnings in a cisgender-dominated publishing world to the recent rise in trans creators, characters, and implied readers. Corbett describes how trans-ness was initially perceived as an issue to be overcome by cisgender authors and highlights the ways in which the market has changed. Through careful analysis of texts that have until now received little scholarly attention, Corbett weaves together different theoretical approaches and fields of study to provide a map of the textual and cultural histories of this twenty-first-century publishing phenomenon. Focusing on trans authorship, authentic storytelling, and intersectional diversity, this book charts changing public attitudes, the YA book market, and the unique sociocultural moment in which these books are published. In Transition contributes new perspectives on the intersections of adolescence and trans-ness and sheds light on a dynamic subset of YA literature that has yet to receive sustained analysis.

The Sidekicks

Author : Will Kostakis
Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 1488027838
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book The Sidekicks written by Will Kostakis and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ryan, Harley and Miles are very different people—the swimmer, the rebel and the nerd. All they’ve ever had in common is Isaac, their shared best friend. When Isaac dies unexpectedly, the three boys must come to terms with their grief and the impact Isaac had on each of their lives. In his absence, Ryan, Harley and Miles discover things about one another they never saw before, and realize there may be more tying them together than just Isaac. In this intricately woven story told in three parts, award-winning Australian author Will Kostakis makes his American debut with a heartwarming, masterfully written novel about grief, self-discovery and the connections that tie us all together.

Risk in Children’s Adventure Literature

Author : Elly McCausland
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040022618
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Risk in Children’s Adventure Literature written by Elly McCausland and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-05-31 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Risk in Children’s Adventure Literature examines the way in which adults discuss the reading and entertainment habits of children, and with it the assumption that adventure is a timeless and stable constant whose meaning and value is self-evident. A closer enquiry into British and American adventure texts for children over the past 150 years reveals a host of complexities occluded by the term, and the ways in which adults invoke adventure as a means of attempting to get to grips with the nebulous figure of ‘the child’. Writing about adventure also necessitates writing about risk, and this book argues that adults have historically used adventure to conceptualise the relationship between children and risk: the risks children themselves pose to society; the risks that threaten their development; and how they can be trained to manage risk in socially normative and desirable ways. Tracing this tendency back to its development and consolidation in Victorian imperial romance, and forward through various adventure texts and media to the present day, this book probes and investigates the truisms and assumptions that underlie our generalisations about children’s love for adventure, and how they have evolved since the mid-nineteenth century.

The Human in Superhuman

Author : Sandra Eckard
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1793606951
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (936 download)

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Download or read book The Human in Superhuman written by Sandra Eckard and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-11-08 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the role of sidekicks in superhero narratives, offering insight into their contribution to the hero’s journey and growth through the use of distinctly human qualities like compassion, empathy, or courage.

Posthumanist Readings in Dystopian Young Adult Fiction

Author : Jennifer Harrison
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1498573363
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Posthumanist Readings in Dystopian Young Adult Fiction written by Jennifer Harrison and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-04-29 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the deployment of posthumanist ideology in young adult dystopian fiction. It applies this theory to the presentation of social issues in select novels.

Sidekicks

Author : Jack D. Ferraiolo
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1613121466
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Sidekicks written by Jack D. Ferraiolo and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Batman has Robin, Wonder Woman has Wonder Girl, and Phantom Justice has Bright Boy, a.k.a. Scott Hutchinson, an ordinary schoolkid by day and a superfast, superstrong sidekick by night, fighting loyally next to his hero. But after an embarrassing incident involving his too-tight spandex costume, plus some signs that Phantom Justice may not be the good guy he pretends to be, Scott begins to question his role. With the help of a fellow sidekick, once his nemesis, Scott must decide if growing up means being loyal or stepping boldly to the center of things. Great for boys, comics fans, and anyone looking for a superhero tale that’s also an insightful look at adolescence.

Childhood, Agency, and Fantasy

Author : Ingrid E. Castro
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1498594301
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Childhood, Agency, and Fantasy written by Ingrid E. Castro and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joining the emergent interdisciplinary investment in bridging the social sciences and the humanities, Childhood, Agency, and Fantasy: Walking in Other Worlds explores linkages between children’s agency and fantasy. Fantasy as an integral aspect of childhood and as a genre allows for children’s spectacular dreams and hopeful realities. Friendship, family, identity, loyalty, belongingness, citizenry, and emotionality are central concepts explored in chapters that are anchored by humanities texts of television, film, and literature, but also by social science qualitative methods of participant observation and interviews. Fantasy has the capacity to be a revolutionary change agent that in its modernity can creatively reflect, critique, or reimagine the social, political, and cultural norms of our world. Such promise is also found to be true of children’s agency, wherein children’s beings and becomings, rooted in childhood’s freedoms and constraints, result in a range of outcomes. In the endeavor to broaden theory and research on children’s agency, fantasy becomes a point of possibility with its expanding subjectivities, far-reaching terrain, and spirit of adventure.

Childhood and Innocence in American Culture

Author : James M. Curtis
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1666940267
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (669 download)

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Download or read book Childhood and Innocence in American Culture written by James M. Curtis and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection approaches the deconstruction of American "childhood" from a wide variety of critical, interdisciplinary lenses and gestures toward the construction of a more realistic, twenty-first century definition of "childhood"--one which is defined by the real-life struggles of childhood and not by romanticized notions of "innocence."

Child and Youth Agency in Science Fiction

Author : Ingrid E. Castro
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1498597394
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Child and Youth Agency in Science Fiction written by Ingrid E. Castro and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection merges representations of children and youth in various science fiction texts with childhood studies theories and debates. Set in the past, present, and future, science fiction landscapes and technologies sometimes constrain, but often expand, agentic expression, movement, and collaboration.

School Gun Violence in YA Literature

Author : Laura A. Brown
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1793622086
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (936 download)

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Download or read book School Gun Violence in YA Literature written by Laura A. Brown and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-05-09 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory and Peter Langman’s categorical descriptions of school shooters, this book analyzes several Young Adult (YA) texts about school shootings and uncovers how the authors represent such violence and the perpetrators while developing stories that effectively speak to their adolescent readers.

Children and Childhood in the Works of Stephen King

Author : Debbie Olson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1793600139
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (936 download)

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Download or read book Children and Childhood in the Works of Stephen King written by Debbie Olson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique and timely collection examines childhood and the child character throughout Stephen King’s works, from his early novels and short stories, through film adaptations, to his most recent publications. King’s use of child characters within the framework of horror (or of horrific childhood) raises questions about adult expectations of children, childhood, the American family, child agency, and the nature of fear and terror for (or by) children. The ways in which King presents, complicates, challenges, or terrorizes children and notions of childhood provide a unique lens through which to examine American culture, including both adult and social anxieties about children and childhood across the decades of King’s works.