Wendy Mass
Autore di A Mango-Shaped Space
Sull'Autore
Wendy Mass was born in Livingston, New Jersey on January 17, 1967. She received a B. A. in English from Tufts University. She worked as a book editor at numerous publishing houses in New York City and Connecticut and co-created a teenage literary magazine called Writes of Passage. She has written mostra altro several nonfiction books for teenagers including Stonehenge, Readings on Night, John Cabot: Early Explorer, and Ray Bradbury: Master of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Her fiction books include Leap Day, Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life, Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall, Every Soul a Star, 11 Birthdays, Finally, and The Candymakers. A Mango-Shaped Space won the American Library Association Schneider Family Book Award in 2004. She wrote the storyline for an episode of the television show Monk, entitled "Mr. Monk Goes to the Theatre," which aired during the show's second season. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di Wendy Mass
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Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys: True Tales of Love, Lust, and Friendship Between Straight Women and Gay Men (2007) — Collaboratore — 103 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1967-01-17
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di residenza
- New Jersey, USA
- Istruzione
- Tufts University
Utenti
Discussioni
2 children Finding the right key that fits in Name that Book (Gennaio 2013)
Recensioni
Addie joins her father on a six-week business trip to Spring Haven University where he's involved with a virtual reality lab. Addie has been struggling with her mother's absence (revealed late in the book that she is in prison for counterfeiting prescriptions and selling drugs) and isn't really interested in socializing with other kids her age, including Mateo, their neighbor down the hall. After experiencing the virtual reality projects her father's students are working on, Addie can't contain her wonder and awe and escapes into various virtual worlds whenever she can. Eventually she and Mateo team up to create a VR project to help distract kids during their cancer treatments, and Addie learns it's not so painful to connect with others. Readers will be intrigued to explore more about VR and will empathize with Addie's evolution from withdrawn to embracing.… (altro)
Summary
This Graphic Novel by Wendy Mass is about a young girl, Addie, whose life was turned upside down. After moving with her dad across the country, she meets Mateo. She and Mateo become friends and work together on a fun new project with virtual reality. Through a virtual reality headset they are able to see the world in a whole new way!
Review
After reading the Lost Library by Wendy Mass and Rebecca Stead, I really wanted to explore some of their other works. This book was truly a heartwarming graphic novel and is perfect for middle grade readers. It discusses many challenging topics from drug abuse, and cancer to single parent households. The integration of modern technology and Virtual Reality as a tool to escape from the challenges of reality was brilliant.
This book would do well with a sister text and research on virtual reality. A book such as, Virtual Reality by Jack Challoner or Virtual Reality Gaming by Betsy Rathburn would provide more background knowledge to the reader about the technology behind virtual reality tools. Through the graphics you could see in Lo and Behold how much it takes to design, more science knowledge would be beneficial to the reader for context.… (altro)
This Graphic Novel by Wendy Mass is about a young girl, Addie, whose life was turned upside down. After moving with her dad across the country, she meets Mateo. She and Mateo become friends and work together on a fun new project with virtual reality. Through a virtual reality headset they are able to see the world in a whole new way!
Review
After reading the Lost Library by Wendy Mass and Rebecca Stead, I really wanted to explore some of their other works. This book was truly a heartwarming graphic novel and is perfect for middle grade readers. It discusses many challenging topics from drug abuse, and cancer to single parent households. The integration of modern technology and Virtual Reality as a tool to escape from the challenges of reality was brilliant.
This book would do well with a sister text and research on virtual reality. A book such as, Virtual Reality by Jack Challoner or Virtual Reality Gaming by Betsy Rathburn would provide more background knowledge to the reader about the technology behind virtual reality tools. Through the graphics you could see in Lo and Behold how much it takes to design, more science knowledge would be beneficial to the reader for context.… (altro)
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- Opere
- 56
- Opere correlate
- 3
- Utenti
- 13,804
- Popolarità
- #1,677
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 531
- ISBN
- 445
- Lingue
- 11
- Preferito da
- 13
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