Emily the Strange: Stranger and Stranger - Hardcover

Reger, Rob; Gruner, Jessica

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0061452327 ISBN 13: 9780061452321

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2010

Synopsis

It’s double trouble when Emily accidentally duplicates herself! What at first looks like the best thing to ever happen to her—two Emilys means half the time in school for each, and twice the mischief, right?—soon turns sinister. Are the two Emilys experiencing growing pains, or are they fundamentally…different from each other?

Internationally known, and instantly recognizable, thirteen-year-old Emily is a mad scientist, a cat lover, and a rock guitarist whose unequivocal message is that your greatest strength lies in being yourself. Told in Emily’s inimitable first-person narrative, this quirky and irresistible tale is as satisfying as it is unique.

Read all the wildly inventive adventures of Emily the Strange:

The Diaries of Emily the Strange: The Lost Days

The Diaries of Emily the Strange: Stranger and Stranger

The Diaries of Emily the Strange: Dark Times

The Diaries of Emily the Strange: Piece of Mind

About this title

About the Authors

Rob Reger is the founder of the aesthetic- and design house, Cosmic Debris and the creator of Emily the Strange, an icon of empowerment for outsiders of all stripes. He received a BFA from UC Santa Cruz, and an MFA in printmaking from the San Francisco Art Institute. He lives in the Bay Area. 

A former high school English teacher, Jessica Gruner is the author of Emily the Strange novels and comics. She lives in the Bay Area.

Buzz Parker endlessly illustrates Emily the Strange comic books and novels. He lives in Arcata, California.

From the Back Cover

Emily is . . .

1. A mad scientist

2. A cat lover

3. A mural painter

4. A golem builder

5. A virtuo-spastic guitarist

6. A wicked skater

7. A wily troublemaker

8. A poltergeist tamer

9. A mystery solver

10. A master prankster

11. An eXtreme procrastinator

12. A happy loner

13. A unique individual

. . . and now there are two of her.

Reviews

Grade 7–10—Emily the Strange, evil genius and skateboarder extraordinaire, has invented many things in her time—golems, working cat translators, great names for bands. But the duplication device may have been a mistake, especially when an accident produces an identical Emily. At first OtherMe is cool and useful, but it quickly becomes apparent that she is evil and will take over the world if not stopped. Emily's second journal, a sequel to The Lost Days (HarperCollins, 2009), is a dark delight, filled with all kinds of Strangeness: a broken leg, a Strange Manifesto that causes the entire town to go loony, an ex-spymaster neighbor, and an oddly understanding and absurdly patient mother, all described with demented wit and great relish, and accompanied by manga-style black-and-white cartoons. Does it all make sense? No, not really. Does it matter? Not at all. Fans of the first book and newcomers alike will thoroughly enjoy the zaniness and clamor for more.—Mara Alpert, Los Angeles Public Library
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In The Lost Days (2009), Emily the Strange wakes up with a nasty case of amnesia and can’t remember who she is. Now, she has managed to clone herself and can’t tell which is the real her or, more importantly, which clone is evil. The book dresses up teen-identity issues in midnight-black humor and piles on so much persistent weirdness that oddball outsiders, goths in training, and other subversive types will find themselves positively smirking with glee. The diary-entry presentation—crammed full of lists, doodles, and staged dialogue—makes for a frenzied read, which will suit fans just fine. Grades 7-10. --Ian Chipman

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0061452327
• ISBN 13: 9780061452321
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Reger Rob, Parker Buzz
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272