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Meanwhile: Pick Any Path. 3,856 Story Possibilities. Hardcover - 2010

by Jason Shiga

In this completely original graphic-novel take on a choose-your-own-adventure, a boy stumbles upon the lab of a mad scientist who asks him to choose between testing a mind-reading device, a time machine, and a doomsday machine. Readers follow the tabs to create their own story.


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Follow the tabs to create your own story in this groundbreaking, bestselling graphic novel, now with a revised 10th anniversary cover! Celebrate 10 years of this completely original graphic novel take on a "choose your own adventure." A boy stumbles upon the lab of a mad scientist who asks him to choose between testing a mind-reading device, a time machine, and a doomsday machine. Using an ingenious system of tubes and tabs, readers can decide what to explore in this completely engrossing experiment in storytelling. Sometimes the page reads right to left, sometimes up and down, and sometimes jumps from beginning to end. It's sure to appeal to kids--and comics collectors--eager for an interactive, funny read.
Awards and praise for Jason Shiga 2004 Eisner Award
2003 Ignatz Award
2007 Stumpton Trophy Award
1999 Xeric Grant Recipient "Crazy + Genius = Shiga" --Scott McCloud, author of Understanding Comics "If humankind ever finds itself at the brink of its own destruction and I am given the task to fill a small, space-bound time capsule with a collection of ten graphic novels that would present to alien eyes the best that the cartoonists of Earth had to offer the universe, Jason Shiga's Meanwhile would surely be among my picks." --Gene Luen Yang, author of American Born Chinese "A creator of comix that can be at once funny, disturbing, thoughtful, deconstructed, and cleverly put together." --Time online "Meanwhile is a wallop of a book/graphic novel! It delivers action, choices, problem solving, and engagement. And it reminds me of my own efforts in writing Choose Your Own Adventure, which I take as a great compliment coming from Jason Shiga. I wish I had written this book! Run, don't walk, to your favorite bookseller and pick up a copy!" --R. A. Montgomery, Choose Your Own Adventure author "Ingenious" --Edward Packard, Choose Your Own Adventure author

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  • Title Meanwhile: Pick Any Path. 3,856 Story Possibilities.
  • Author Jason Shiga
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st Edition,1p
  • Pages 80
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harry N. Abrams, NY
  • Date 2010-03-01
  • ISBN 9780810984233 / 0810984237
  • Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.26 x 7.88 x 0.52 in (23.52 x 20.02 x 1.32 cm)
  • Ages 08 to 14 years
  • Grade levels 3 - 9
  • Library of Congress subjects Science fiction, Graphic novels
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009039844
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Citations

  • Booklist, 01/01/2010, Page 81
  • Booklist Ed Choice Youth, 01/01/2011, Page 13
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 09/01/2010, Page 0
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2010, Page 0
  • Kirkus Review - Children, 02/15/2010, Page 0
  • Publishers Weekly, 02/01/2010, Page 52
  • School Library Journal, 03/01/2010, Page 186
  • Shelf Awareness, 01/01/0001, Page 0

About the author

Jason Shiga is a cartoonist from Oakland, California. His comics have a geeky side and often feature exciting uses of math, mazes, puzzles, and unconventional narrative techniques. In his 25-year career, Shiga has created eight graphic novels, 20 comic books, more than a dozen magazine and newspaper strips, and the world's second-largest interactive comic. He has won two Eisner awards and two Ignatz awards, and his work has been featured as an official selection for the Comics Festival in Angouleme.
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