Why did David love this book?
This is a graphic novel. I don’t generally read graphic novels (although I’ve been a rabid X-men and New Mutants collector since 1981), and I do want to read Persepolis and Fun Home, but you try getting them from Library waitlists - it’s not easy! But I heard a lot of buzz about this series, which lives up to the hype.
What I enjoyed about this was the excellent inking and art, but most important is the way the author uses elements of horror, superhero, and speculation to find a new way to explain racism and prejudice as a disease that turns its victims into brainless monsters.
The best books, from Twain to Morrison, to Faulkner, to Baldwin, not only entertain us but also educate us and show us pieces of ourselves we may have overlooked or taken for granted.
Bitter Root reminded me of my aunties and uncles…
1 author picked Bitter Root as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it. This book is for kids age 16, and 17.
Once known as the greatest monster hunters of all time,
the Sangerye family specialized in curing the souls of those infected by hate,
but those days are fading. A terrible tragedy has claimed most of the family,
leaving the surviving cousins split between curing monsters and killing them.
Now, with a new breed of monster loose on the streets of Harlem, the Sangerye
family must come together, or watch the human race fall to untold
evil.
Collects BITTER ROOT
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