I Kill Giants, 5th Anniversary Edition

Kelly, Joe

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Annotation: Imaginative fifth grader Barbara Thorson becomes so immersed in her fantasy world that she believes she kills giants with her magical warhammer Coveleski.

Genre: [Graphic novels] [Fantasy fiction]

Reviews: 0

Catalog Number: #5749693

Format: Paperback

Special Formats: Graphic Novel

Publisher: Image Comics

Edition Date: 2016 Release Date: 04/10/18

Illustrator: Niimura, J. M. Ken,

Pages: 1 volume (unpaged)

ISBN: 1-607-06985-7

ISBN 13: 978-1-607-06985-0

Dewey: Fic

Dimensions: 26 cm.

Subject Heading:
Children. Conduct of life. Comic books, strips, etc. Fiction.
Cancer. Comic books, strips, etc. Fiction.
Girls. Comic books, strips, etc. Fiction.
Imagination. Comic books, strips, etc. Fiction.
Death. Comic books, strips, etc. Fiction.
Mothers and daughters. Comic books, strips, etc. Fiction.

Language: English

Reading Level: 2.2

Interest Level: 9-12

I Kill Giants tells the story of Barbara Thorson, an acerbicfifth-grader so consumed with fantasy that she doesn't just tell people that shekills giants with an ancient Norse warhammer -- she starts to believe itherself. The reasons for Barbara's troubled behavior are revealed through thecourse of the book, as she learns to reconcile her fantasy life with the realworld. In 2012, I Kill Giants writer Joe Kelley and artist J.M. Ken Niimurareceived the International Manga Award, an honor given by the Japanese ForeignMinistry to an outstanding comic book or graphic novel.

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