The Man In The Ceiling (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

Feiffer, Jules

ISBN 10: 0785761489 ISBN 13: 9780785761488

Publisher: Turtleback Books, 1995

Synopsis

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Jimmy, who is bad at most things except for drawing, teams up with Charlie Beemer, the greatest preteen athlete in the history of Montclair, New Jersey, to create a comic book.

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Review

Ages 8 & up. The first children's book both written and illustrated by cartoonist Feiffer is a funny, poignant and profoundly insightful look at the inner life of an artist, who also happens to be a young boy. Jimmy Jibbett loves drawing cartoons and hopes to be great some day--but first he must cope with a lack of privacy, a father who wishes he liked sports instead of drawing, a popular older boy who pressures him to sell out and his own urge to give up when he's failing. Just when Jimmy's starting to think that he's "doomed to be as much a flop as a cartoonist as he was as a boy," he finds a way to look at failure in a new light. In a starred review, Booklist called it "wickedly funny... reminiscent of Roald Dahl's edgy lampoons." In another starred review, Publishers Weekly declared it "one of the best books of the year."

From the Back Cover

He's bad at sports and not much better at school, but Jimmy sure can draw terrific cartoons. And his dream, like that of his Uncle Lester, who writes flop Broadway musicals'is to be recognized for what he loves doing most.

Edition details

• Publisher: Turtleback Books
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0785761489
• ISBN 13: 9780785761488
• Binding: School & Library Binding
• Illustrator: Feiffer Jules
• Number of pages: 192