{"product_id":"my-favorite-thing-is-monsters-9781606999592","title":"My Favorite Thing Is Monsters","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e2025 Whiting Award WINNER in Fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e Best 100 Books of the Century (So Far)\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the tumultuous political backdrop of late '60s Chicago, \u003cem\u003eMy Favorite Thing Is Monsters\u003c\/em\u003e is the fictional graphic diary of 10-year-old Karen Reyes, filled with B-movie horror and pulp monster magazines iconography. Karen Reyes tries to solve the murder of her enigmatic upstairs neighbor, Anka Silverberg, a holocaust survivor, while the interconnected stories of those around her unfold. When Karen's investigation takes us back to Anka's life in Nazi Germany, the reader discovers how the personal, the political, the past, and the present converge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emil Ferris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fantagraphics Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/14\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.70h x 8.00w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781606999592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudience:\u003c\/b\u003e Young Adult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/13\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2017 pg. 85\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFerris, Emil:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eEmil Ferris\u003c\/strong\u003e 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.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Emil Ferris \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47280738467997,"sku":"9781606999592","price":67.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_dccb2ede-5f32-4131-a02b-c1dbf86aba43.jpg?v=1759919887","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/my-favorite-thing-is-monsters-9781606999592","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}