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I survived the attack of the grizzlies, 1967  Cover Image Book Book

I survived the attack of the grizzlies, 1967

Tarshis, Lauren (author.). Ball, Georgia, (author.). Pekmezci, Berat, 1986- (illustrator.). Trinidad, Leo, (colorist.). Tarshis, Lauren Adaptation of (work): I survived the attack of the grizzlies, 1967. (Added Author).

Summary: A gripping graphic novel adaptation of Lauren Tarshis's bestselling I Survived the Attack of the Grizzlies, 1967, with text adapted by Georgia Ball and art by Berat Pekmezci. No grizzly has ever killed a human in Glacier National Park before... until tonight. Eleven-year-old Melody Vega and her family come to Glacier every year. Mel loves it here -- the beautiful landscapes and wildlife make it easy to forget her real-world troubles. But this year is different. With Mom gone, every moment in the park is a reminder of the past. Then Mel comes face-to-face with a mighty grizzly. She knows basic bear safety: Don't turn your back. Don't make any sudden movements. And most importantly: Don't run. That last one is the hardest for Mel; she's been running from her problems all her life. If she wants to survive tonight, she'll have to find the courage to face her fear. Based on the real-life grizzly attacks of 1967, this bold graphic novel tells the story of one of the most tragic seasons in the history of America's national parks -- a summer of terror that forever changed ideas about how grizzlies and humans can exist together in the wild. Lauren Tarshis's New York Times bestselling I Survived series comes to vivid life in graphic novel editions. Perfect for readers who prefer the graphic novel format, or for existing fans of the I Survived chapter book series, these graphic novels combine historical facts with high-action storytelling that's sure to keep any reader turning the pages. Includes a nonfiction section at the back with facts and photos about the real-life event.

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  • ISBN: 9781338766912 (paperback)
  • Physical Description: 147 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
    regular print
    print
  • Publisher: New York, New York : Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic, 2022.
  • Badges:
    • Top Holds Over Last 5 Years: 5 / 5.0

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Based on the novel... by Lauren Tarshis."
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Subject: Glacier National Park (Mont.) -- Comic books, strips, etc
Grizzly bear -- Comic books, strips, etc
Camping -- Montana -- Glacier National Park -- Comic books, strips, etc
Human-bear encounters -- Montana -- Glacier National Park -- Comic books, strips, etc
Bear attacks -- Montana -- Glacier National Park -- Comic books, strips, etc
Genre: Historical comics.
Graphic novels.
Graphic novel adaptations.
Comics (Graphic works)

Available copies

  • 10 of 13 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Grand Forks and District Public Library.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 13 total copies.
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  • Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2022 May #1
    A child mourning the loss of her mom "bears" witness to the consequences of strewing the natural landscape with garbage. In this graphic-novel adaptation of a 2018 entry in Tarshis' long-running I Survived series—in which invented storylines are layered over historical incidents—it's 1967, and Mel (Vega in the original, though her last name is never mentioned here) has reluctantly agreed to continue a family tradition in the wake of her mother's death by visiting her grandpa in Montana's Glacier National Park. She is terrified when a bear attacks the cabin door one night. Later, she and Cassie, a writer friend of her mom's, meet up with a researcher whose own father had been bloodily killed in an earlier attack and discover that a local resort has been dumping garbage nearby to draw bears for a nightly show that people, including even park rangers, avidly gather to watch. That evening, in a narrow escape that is also put to use as an opening teaser, Mel herself is savagely wounded. Two deaths that occurred in real life that summer, plus the shooting of the bears involved (talk about blaming the victims!), happen offstage, but the live and dead bears in Pekmezci's neatly drawn wilderness scenes look feral enough to have readers attending closely to the safety guidelines in the backmatter—and understanding the dangers of letting wild animals become dependent on our detritus. Like others in the series, this one follows a predictable trajectory, but readers should find it absorbing. Mel is brown-skinned, Cassie appears to be Black, and the researcher is light-skinned. Formulaic but rousingly gruesome in some spots and thought-provoking in others. (afterword, photos, timeline, resource lists) (Graphic novel. 9-11) Copyright Kirkus 2022 Kirkus/BPI Communications. All rights reserved.
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