![]() ![]() From there, Selznick traces generations of the Marvel family, who all work in the theater in one capacity or another. ![]() Thankfully, Billy is rescued, and after arriving in London, he finds a home among the backstage rigging crew at the Royal Theater. The girl and the angel-really two brothers, Billy and Marcus-are the sole survivors, along with Billy’s dog, Tar, but Marcus dies on the desert island they’ve washed up on. Real disaster strikes, however, when a sudden storm tosses the ship, and it sinks into the waves. Just in the nick of time, an angel appears, ready to save her, but a page turn later, Selznick reveals that the whole scene is a play performed on the ship. With his signature close-up, crosshatched pencil drawings and cinematic visual pacing, Selznick opens on a ship at sea, the Kraken, with a young girl tied to the mast and threatened by a vicious monster. ![]() Whereas The Invention of Hugo Cabret (2007) and Wonderstruck (2011) wove together alternating illustrations and prose, The Marvels opens with a nearly 400-page wordless illustrated story before moving on to words. Caldecott Medalist Selznick has been creating acclaimed illustrated novels for years now, and his latest takes his groundbreaking narrative format to new heights. ![]()
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