The Savage

Mysterious and utterly mesmerizing, this graphic-novel-within-a-novel pairs the extraordinary prose of David Almond with the visual genius of Dave McKean.

Blue Baker is writing a story -- not all that stuff about wizards and fairies and happily ever after -- a real story, about blood and guts and adventures, because that's what life's really like. At least it is for Blue, since his dad died and Hopper, the town bully, started knocking him and the other kids around. But Blue's story has a life of its own -- weird and wild and magic and dark -- and when the savage pays a nighttime visit to Hopper, Blue starts to wonder where he ends and his creation begins.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 10/14/2008
ISBN: 9780763639327
Pages: 80
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 8.54h x 6.52w x 0.50d
Award: Greenaway Medal - Nominee
Award: Cybils - Finalist

Review Citations: Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2008 pg. 575
Kirkus Review - Children 09/15/2008 pg. 995
Booklist 09/15/2008 pg. 49
Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2008 pg. 345 - Recommended - Better Than Most
School Library Journal 12/01/2008 pg. 118
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2009
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2009 - Superior,Well Above Average
ALA Best Books Young Adults 03/15/2009 pg. 16

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 125823 / Savage
Reading Level: 4.6 / Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus / Point Value: 1