Marble Season
Written by: Gilbert Hernandez
First line: Missed.
Why you should read this book: Huey, the middle of three
brothers in a Latino family in the ‘60s, loves marbles and comic books and
finds himself drawn to popular music and the Mars Attacks trading cards. This
gentle, realistic story lacks a formal plot or structure, but instead paints a
picture of the real world of neighborhood kids: their games, their fantasies,
their friendships’ changing configurations. A faithful reconstruction of the
universe inhabited solely by children, a place where adults, who cannot
understand the value of neatly-stored trading cards, can never inhabit.
Why you shouldn’t read this book: You throw out your kids’
stuff whenever you feel like it, because it’s clearly not important.
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