However, the story moves along at such a fast pace, that it neither gets bogged down by these or examines them fully. The book links together all sorts of intense themes as vital plot points, such as the effects of polio or the intense post-traumatic stress syndrome of Peggy’s father, a veteran of Korea. There’s a couple of cigarette smoking agents in fedoras, a West Side Story gang of bullies, starchy, TV-commercial adults and, of course, a macguffin, an object of power that turns the main character, Peggy, into something of a Spiderman-esque hero. What did you like about the book: Walsh, a Wisconsin native and New Yorker cartoonist, has a simple drawing style a lot like Hergé, the creator of Tintin, with round characters usually in awe of the zany B-movie plot. Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 3.5
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