Pigling: A Cinderella Story [A Korean Tale] (Graphic Myths and Legends) - Softcover

Jolley, Dan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 158013825X ISBN 13: 9781580138253

Publisher: Graphic Universe ™, 2009

Synopsis

From a life filled with heartache and hardship, comes an unmatched beauty destined for a fairy-tale ending: Pear Blossom, a young Korean girl, leads a happy life with her parents―until her mother dies and her father remarries. Her new wicked stepmother and stepsister make Pear Blossom the victim of their cruelty. They give her the nickname Pigling, or little pig, and do everything they can to torture her. But soon, magical creatures come to Pear Blossom’s aid―and one day, the girl meets a handsome magistrate. Will Pear Blossom’s luck change for the better? Or is she destined to suffer at her stepfamily’s hands forever?

About this title

About the Author:

Aside from the books Dan Jolley has done for Lerner, he has also published a series of original YA novels called Alex Unlimited, as well as teen and junior novelizations for the movies Iron Man and Transformers 2. Dan has published hundreds of comic books from Marvel, DC, and most of the other major publishers in the country.

Anne was born in Portland, Oregon, and received her BFA from Oregon State University. In addition to her collaboration with Trina Robbins on the Lulu Award-winning GoGirl!, Anne's work includes the Eisner-nominated Dignifying Science and Pigling: A Cinderella Story for Lerner's Graphic Myths and Legends series. She has illustrated and painted covers for children's books and provided interior and cover art for regional and national magazines, including Wired, Portland Review, and Comic Book Artist. Anne's art also appears in the anthology 9-11: Artists Respond and is now in the Library of Congress.

From Booklist:

A Korean variation of the Cinderella story, Pigling follows the life of Pear Blossom, a devoted daughter who enjoys her parents’ attention. After her mother dies, her widowed father remarries a cunning woman who, along with her daughter, moves into their home and makes life miserable for the girl. When Pear Blossom crouches down to scrub the floor, her stepsister remarks that she looks piglike, and a horrific nickname is born. As her father ails and the atrocities against his daughter continue, Pear Blossom communes with nature and uses magic to trick her stepmother and stepsister, and eventually she catches the eye of a handsome magistrate. In a proverbial ending, Pear Blossom finds happiness again. This graphic-novel adaptation is a fine marriage of art and text, neither outshining the other. Emotions emanate from facial expressions, especially evident in Pear Blossom’s gradual emotional change, which helps draw readers into the story, and brightly colored panels further enhance the experience. A delightful read from the Graphic Myths & Legends series. Grades 3-6. --Allyson Lyga

About this edition

• Publisher: Graphic Universe ™
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 158013825X
• ISBN 13: 9781580138253
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 48
• Illustrator: Timmons Anne