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{"id":6813809246267,"title":"Ophelia","handle":"ophelia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“...explore how painting, writing, and building things with your hands can be the outlet that helps a person get through the hell that is high school.” — Quill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe kids at school call her rag girl because she hides under layers of oversized clothing, but she calls herself Ophelia. She hardly speaks to anyone — until one day a visiting author comes to give a talk in the school library. The writer speaks about what it means to create art, and at the end of her talk, she thanks Ophelia for asking the first question by giving her a blue notebook with her address on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOphelia starts to write to the author in the notebook — letters that become a kind of lifeline. The idea that someone, somewhere, might care, is enough for her to keep writing, an escape from her real life. By day she goes to school and works at the dollar store before returning home to her mother, a former addict who once had to put her daughter in care. At night she creates graffiti around town, leaving little broken hearts as her tag.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne night she finds an abandoned building that she decides to use as her workshop, where she can make larger-than-life art. When she finds that a classmate, an overweight boy named Ulysses, is also using the space to repair an old van, the two form an uneasy truce, with a chalk line drawn down the middle to mark their separate territories. As time passes, Ophelia and Ulysses forge a fraught but growing friendship, but their cocooned existence cannot last forever. 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She hardly speaks to anyone — until one day a visiting author comes to give a talk in the school library. The writer speaks about what it means to create art, and at the end of her talk, she thanks Ophelia for asking the first question by giving her a blue notebook with her address on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOphelia starts to write to the author in the notebook — letters that become a kind of lifeline. The idea that someone, somewhere, might care, is enough for her to keep writing, an escape from her real life. By day she goes to school and works at the dollar store before returning home to her mother, a former addict who once had to put her daughter in care. At night she creates graffiti around town, leaving little broken hearts as her tag.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne night she finds an abandoned building that she decides to use as her workshop, where she can make larger-than-life art. When she finds that a classmate, an overweight boy named Ulysses, is also using the space to repair an old van, the two form an uneasy truce, with a chalk line drawn down the middle to mark their separate territories. As time passes, Ophelia and Ulysses forge a fraught but growing friendship, but their cocooned existence cannot last forever. One night, intruders invade their sanctuary, and their shared bond and individual strength are sorely tested.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Text Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eillustrations\u003cbr\u003edoodles\u003cbr\u003esketches\u003cbr\u003ephotographs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.3\u003cbr\u003eDescribe how a particular story's or drama's plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Her books have been translated into several languages, and she has twice won the Governor General’s Literary Award, for \u003cem\u003eLa liberté? Connais pas…\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eUn été de Jade\u003c\/em\u003e, which also won the Mr. Christie’s Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","ContributorBio_1":"\u003cp\u003eA well-known illustrator, graphic artist and engraver, \u003cstrong\u003eDANIEL SYLVESTRE\u003c\/strong\u003e has illustrated several albums and novels, and he has been artistic director of the poetry collection at la courte echelle. His illustrations for \u003cem\u003eRose: derrière le rideau de la folie\u003c\/em\u003e by Èlise Turcotte won the Governor General’s Award in 2010, and his illustrations for \u003cem\u003eMa vie de reptile\u003c\/em\u003e by Sylvie Massicotte were shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award in 2007.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","ContributorBio_2":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCHRISTELLE MORELLI\u003c\/strong\u003e is a literary translator and French immersion teacher. She has translated several works of fiction for publication, including \u003cem\u003eJane, the Fox and Me \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eStolen Sisters\u003c\/em\u003e. Having lived in Quebec and France, she now makes her home with her family in Western Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","ContributorBio_3":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSUSAN OURIOU\u003c\/strong\u003e is an award-winning fiction writer and literary translator with over sixty translations and co-translations of fiction, non-fiction, children’s and young-adult literature to her credit. She has won the Governor General’s Literary Award for Translation. \u003cem\u003eJane, the Fox and Me\u003c\/em\u003e, co-translated with Christelle Morelli, was named to IBBY’s Honour List. She has also published \u003cem\u003eNathan\u003c\/em\u003e, a novel for young readers. Susan lives in Calgary, Alberta.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","ContributorRole_1":"Illustrated by","ContributorRole_2":"Translated by","ContributorRole_3":"Translated by","Contributor_0":"Gingras, Charlotte (CA)","Contributor_1":"Sylvestre, Daniel (CA)","Contributor_2":"Morelli, Christelle (CA)","Contributor_3":"Ouriou, Susan (CA)","Description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“...explore how painting, writing, and building things with your hands can be the outlet that helps a person get through the hell that is high school.” — Quill \u0026 Quire\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe kids at school call her rag girl because she hides under layers of oversized clothing, but she calls herself Ophelia. She hardly speaks to anyone — until one day a visiting author comes to give a talk in the school library. 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Her name was Ophelia, an incredibly gentle name, don’t you think? She looked as though she were asleep on the riverbed, so beautiful in her wet gown clinging to her body and her hair like golden seaweed. Ever since, I’ve taken her name in secret. You’re the first to know.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Long_description_1":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUNUSUAL SCRAPBOOK EFFECT\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eThis is a visually arresting book, billed as a graphic novel by its Quebec publisher (\u003cem\u003eOphélie\u003c\/em\u003e was runner-up for an Alcuin Award). 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It’s exhilarating to see Ophelia’s transformation from angry and traumatized to open and alive.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eQuill \u0026 Quire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Quill \u0026 Quire","OtherText_Review_4":"\u003cp\u003e“. . . the palpable longing in Ophelia’s narration could appeal to readers sensitive to imagistic prose.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books","OtherText_Review_5":". . . the palpable longing in Ophelia’s narration could appeal to readers sensitive to imagistic prose.","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"Two teenaged outsiders establish an uneasy truce in this visually arresting, one-of-a-kind collage-style novel.","ProductFormDescription":"mobi","PublicationDate":"2018-03-01","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","ShortDescription":"Two teenaged outsiders establish an uneasy truce in this visually arresting, one-of-a-kind collage-style novel.","Width":"5.5","WidthCode":"in"}
ages 14
and up
/ grades 8
and up
Ophelia
Two teenaged outsiders establish an uneasy truce in this visually arresting, one-of-a-kind collage-style novel.