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Boy vs. shark / Paul Gilligan.

Boy versus shark (other title)
Gilligan, Paul, (author,, illustrator.).

Summary:

"In the summer of 1975, 10-year-old Paul Gilligan doesn't have a whole lot to worry about other than keeping his comic books untarnished, getting tennis balls off roofs and keeping up with the increasingly bold stunts of his best friend, David. And then Jaws comes to town. Suddenly everyone is obsessing over this movie about a shark ripping people to pieces. And if you haven't seen it, not only are you missing out, you're also kind of a wimp. Needless to say, Jaws leaves young Paul a cowering mess, and underlines the growing gap between him and David as well as the distance between where he stands and the world's expectations of a boy's 'manliness.' And when Jaws himself becomes a kind of macho Jiminy Cricket for Paul, what is a scared and overwhelmed boy to do?"--Back cover.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781774880449
  • ISBN: 177488044X
  • ISBN: 9781774880463
  • ISBN: 1774880466
  • Physical Description: 234 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: [Toronto] : Tundra, [2024]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Chiefly illustrated.
Additional Physical Form available Note:
Issued also in electronic format.
Subject: Gilligan, Paul > Comic books, strips, etc. > biography.
Gilligan, Paul > Childhood and youth > Comic books, strips, etc. > biography.
Illustrators > Ontario > Biography > Comic books, strips, etc.
Masculinity > Comic books, strips, etc. > biography.
Masculinity in popular culture > Comic books, strips, etc. > biography.
Sharks > Comic books, strips, etc. > biography.
Nineteen seventies > Comic books, strips, etc. > biography.
Friendship > Comic books, strips, etc. > biography.
Genre: Graphic novels.
Autobiographical comics.
Autobiographies.
Comics (Graphic works)

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  • 10 of 29 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 0 of 3 copies available at Rockingham County Public Library.

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Eden Library J Fic (Text) 31554011824272 Juvenile Graphic Novel Checked out 09/02/2025
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