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- 128 pages
- 5 hours of reading
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This is a YA graphic novel, told from the perspective of a person with a developmental disorder, set in a real village operated by people with special needs. There’s a real village in Germany called Neuerkerode that is operated by people with mental disabilities - the local restaurant, the local bar, the local supermarket. The author spent two years living 3 or 4 days a week there, researching and getting to know its townsfolk, and the result is an empathetic depiction. This graphic novel is told entirely from a developmentally impaired boy's perspective. Noel had always lived with his mother in Berlin, until one day tragedy strikes and he finds himself alone for the first time. A man with a beard tells him he can’t stay in the apartment anymore and takes him to a place with so many strangers ― Who can he trust? Who does he like? Who loves him?
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The Thud, Mikaël Ross
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- Released
- 2021
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- Title
- The Thud
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Mikaël Ross
- Publisher
- Fantagraphics
- Released
- 2021
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 128
- ISBN10
- 1683964063
- ISBN13
- 9781683964063
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Comics & Manga, Young Adult, Comic Books, Gifts for older schoolchildren, Gifts for younger schoolchildren, Loss, Alternative Comics, Disability, People with Disabilities
- First published
- 2018
- Original title
- Der Umfall
- Rating
- 3.9 out of 5
- Description
- This is a YA graphic novel, told from the perspective of a person with a developmental disorder, set in a real village operated by people with special needs. There’s a real village in Germany called Neuerkerode that is operated by people with mental disabilities - the local restaurant, the local bar, the local supermarket. The author spent two years living 3 or 4 days a week there, researching and getting to know its townsfolk, and the result is an empathetic depiction. This graphic novel is told entirely from a developmentally impaired boy's perspective. Noel had always lived with his mother in Berlin, until one day tragedy strikes and he finds himself alone for the first time. A man with a beard tells him he can’t stay in the apartment anymore and takes him to a place with so many strangers ― Who can he trust? Who does he like? Who loves him?