Fanny Britt and Isabelle Arsenault are back with a new graphic novel,
this time featuring Truffle, younger brother, best friend, aspiring
rockstar ...
Meet Truffle in three linked stories:
In "Truffle the Rockstar," Truffle wants to form a band with his best
friends Flo and Riad. They can already picture themselves on stage,
wowing the crowd with epic songs. They still have to learn how to play
instruments ... but that's just a minor detail!
Ever since Truffle asked Nina to be his girlfriend, they have been shy
around each other. In "Truffle Loves Nina," Truffle asks his parents,
his friend Riad, his big brother, Louis, and the man who works at the
library, for advice on how to let his heart do the talking.
In "Truffle Tackles Existence," Truffle attends his great-grandmother's
funeral, which gets him thinking about the world around him. Are
grandparents young once, too? Does Rocket, the dog that his family had
to give up, still think about him sometimes? Do people stop loving each
other if they don't see each other anymore?
Fans of Louis Undercover will be delighted that Truffle -- Louis's
funny, music-loving little brother -- now has his own book!
Key Text Features
comic
comic strips
illustrations
Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language
Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.9
Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written
by the same author about the same or similar characters (e.g., in books
from a series)
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.5
Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to
provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.7
Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning,
tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation
of fiction, folktale, myth, poem).
