My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two

Book 1 of 3: My Favorite Thing is Monsters

Ferris, Emil

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ISBN 10: 1683969278 ISBN 13: 9781683969273

Published by Fantagraphics, 2024

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Title: My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two
Publisher: Fantagraphics
Publication Date: 2024
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1683969278
ISBN 13: 9781683969273
Binding: paperback
Condition: New
Weight: 2.315 pounds

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The most anticipated graphic novel of 2024, concluding the story of young Karen Reyes, the most inspiring “monster” in contemporary fiction.

2025 Whiting Award WINNER in Fiction

Kirkus Reviews Best 100 Books of the Century (So Far)

New York Times Notable Books of 2024

Chicago Public Library Favorite Books of 2024

Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Books of 2024

NPR Books We Love 2024

Forbes Top Ten Graphic Novels of 2024

The Guardian Best Graphic Novels of 2024

Library Journal Best Graphic Novels of 2024

Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late ’60s Chicago, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two is the eagerly awaited conclusion to one of the most acclaimed graphic novels of the past decade. Presented as the fictional graphic diary of 10-year-old Karen Reyes as she tries to solve the murder of her beloved and enigmatic upstairs neighbor, Anka Silverberg, a holocaust survivor, while the interconnected stories of those around her unfold.

In Book Two, dark mysteries past and present continue to abound in the tumultuous and violent Chicago summer of 1968. Young Karen attends a protest in Grant Park and finds herself swept up in a police stomping. Privately, she continues to investigate Anka’s recent death and discovers one last cassette tape that sheds light upon Anka's heroic activities in Nazi Germany. She wrestles with her own sexual identity, the death of her mother, and the secrets she suspects her brother Deez of hiding. Ferris’s exhilarating cast of characters experience revelations and epiphanies that both resolve and deepen the mysteries visited upon them earlier. Visually, the story is told in Ferris's inimitable style that breathtakingly and seamlessly combines panel-to-panel storytelling and cartoon montages filled with B-movie horror and pulp monster mag iconography.

Full-color illustrations throughout

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Emil Ferris grew up in Chicago during the turbulent 1960s, where she still lives, and is consequently a devotee of all things monstrous and horrific. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

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