{"product_id":"meanwhile-pick-any-path-3-856-story-possibilities-jason-shiga-hardcover","title":"Meanwhile: Pick Any Path: 3,856 Story Possibilities -- Jason Shiga, Hardcover","description":"\u003cb\u003eFollow the tabs to create your own story in this groundbreaking, bestselling graphic novel, now with a revised 10th anniversary cover!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Celebrate 10 years of this completely original graphic novel take on a \"choose your own adventure.\" A boy stumbles upon the lab of a mad scientist who asks him to choose between testing a mind-reading device, a time machine, and a doomsday machine. Using an ingenious system of tubes and tabs, readers can decide what to explore in this completely engrossing experiment in storytelling. Sometimes the page reads right to left, sometimes up and down, and sometimes jumps from beginning to end. It's sure to appeal to kids--and comics collectors--eager for an interactive, funny read. \u003cbr\u003e Awards and praise for Jason Shiga \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 2004 Eisner Award \u003cbr\u003e 2003 Ignatz Award \u003cbr\u003e 2007 Stumpton Trophy Award \u003cbr\u003e 1999 Xeric Grant Recipient \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Crazy + Genius = Shiga\" --Scott McCloud, author of \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Comics\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"If humankind ever finds itself at the brink of its own destruction and I am given the task to fill a small, space-bound time capsule with a collection of ten graphic novels that would present to alien eyes the best that the cartoonists of Earth had to offer the universe, Jason Shiga's \u003ci\u003eMeanwhile\u003c\/i\u003e would surely be among my picks.\" --Gene Luen Yang, author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Born Chinese\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A creator of comix that can be at once funny, disturbing, thoughtful, deconstructed, and cleverly put together.\" --\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e online \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eMeanwhile \u003c\/i\u003eis a wallop of a book\/graphic novel! It delivers action, choices, problem solving, and engagement. And it reminds me of my own efforts in writing Choose Your Own Adventure, which I take as a great compliment coming from Jason Shiga. I wish I had written this book! Run, don't walk, to your favorite bookseller and pick up a copy!\" --R. A. Montgomery, Choose Your Own Adventure author \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Ingenious\" --Edward Packard, Choose Your Own Adventure author\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jason Shiga\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harry N. Abrams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.26h x 7.88w x 0.52d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810984233\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudience:\u003c\/b\u003e Ages 9-12\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Cybils - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2010 pg. 81\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2010 pg. 52\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Review - Children\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2010 pg. 186\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2010 - Book Of Special Distinction\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHornbook Guide to Children\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2010 - Recommended, Satisfactory\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist Ed Choice Youth\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2011 pg. 13\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJason Shiga\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of more than twenty comic books and the inventor of three board games, two card tricks, the greedy mug, the bus clock, and the world's second-largest interactive comic, which spanned twenty-five square feet. In 2003, he won the Eisner award for \"talent deserving of wider recognition.\" He lives in Oakland, California. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jason Shiga","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50539589664996,"sku":"9780810984233","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780810984233.jpg?v=1790322818","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/meanwhile-pick-any-path-3-856-story-possibilities-jason-shiga-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}