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Kinsella constructed in Shoeless Joe ( 1991) has extended into millions of American imaginations, both in the form of the novel and its film adap- tation, Field of Dreams (1989).1 Kinsella built the myth, and people came to live it. The mythic vision of America and its national pastime which W. ![]() ![]() ![]() So what is it about this book series that took TikTok by storm? I decided it was time to find out. It became so popular, that author Ruby Dixon was given a book deal to publish in print later that year, and e ven had CNN writing articles about it. For the uninitiated, this little-known, self-published series went viral on BookTok last summer, nearly five years after it was written. Today, I’m tackling the TikTok behemoth that is the Ice Planet Barbarians series. 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Now, this most beloved and acclaimed novel is reborn for a new age as a gorgeous graphic novel. ‘Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ’em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.’ ![]() ![]() ![]() To Kill a Mockigbird The graphic novel is a haunting portrait of race and class, innocence and injustice, hypocrisy and heroism, tradition and transformation in the Deep South of the 1930s, Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird remains as important today as it was upon its initial publication in 1960, during the turbulent years of the Civil Rights movement. ![]() ![]() It was realistic, and you have to remember that these characters are in high school, so they’re still maturing and growing into who they are. It did get a bit repetitive, but the development of the characters throughout these two books were amazing and I loved how Walsh spaced it out. They’re super long, and the page count is kind of scary, but ignore the covers and the page length. These books hooked me in and I couldn’t stop reading. ![]() She has experienced more bullying than one could count, and this prompts her to move schools to Tommen College mid-way through the school year in hopes of a fresh start. Shannon is a sixteen-year-old, who lives in a very toxic and abusive household. ![]() He wasn’t going to let anything get in his way, until her. His only love has always been rugby he’s focused and determined to be the best and get to the top, ignoring any and all injuries he suffers. Johnny is a seventeen-year-old, who comes from a wealthy and loving family. Novel s Binding 13 and Keeping 13 by Chloe Walsh follows Shannon and Johnny, two teenagers, whose lives couldn’t be any more different and can still somehow fit perfectly together anyways. 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