The Silence of Our Friends - by Mark Long & Jim Demonakos (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"The civil rights struggle was never black and white"--Cover.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>A <i>New York Times</i>-bestselling graphic novel based on the true story of two families--one white and one black--who find common ground as the civil rights struggle heats up in Texas.</b> <p/>This semi-autobiographical tale is set in 1967. A white family from a notoriously racist neighborhood in the suburbs and a black family from its poorest ward cross Houston's color line, overcoming humiliation, degradation, and violence to win the freedom of five black college students unjustly charged with the murder of a policeman. <p/><i>The Silence of Our Friends</i> follows events through the point of view of young Mark Long, whose father is a reporter covering the story. Semi-fictionalized, this story has its roots solidly in very real events. With art from the brilliant Nate Powell (<i>Swallow Me Whole</i>) bringing the tale to heart-wrenching life, <i>The Silence of Our Friends</i> is a new and important entry in the body of civil rights literature. <p/><b>Praise for </b><i><b>The Silence of Our Friends</b></i>: <p/><b>[A]n engrossing narrative about race in America</b>, while honestly dealing with a host of other real-world issues, including familial relationships, friendship, dependency, other-ness, and perhaps most importantly, <b> the search for common ground</b>. --<i>Publishers Weekly </i> <p/>A moving evocation of a tipping point in our country's regrettable history of race relations, Long and Demonakos's story flows perfectly in Eisner and Ignatz Award winner Powell's graceful and vivid yet unpretty black-and-gray wash. --<i>Library Journal </i> <p/>[C]onvincingly depicts the systemic racism, blatant and subtle, that suffused and corroded everything during [the] period...<b>[Popwell's] imagery amplifies the effects of the book's multiple perspectives--the overwhelmed kid's-eye view of uneasy family dynamics and open Texas spaces, the hyperkinetic chaos on campus, the cropped literalism of TV newscasts</b>. --<i>The New York Times </i> <p/>Powell uses a mixture of large and small panels along with a variety of frame compositions and points of view to give the book a cinematic realism. From this intimate vantage point, <b>racist incidents are shockingly ugly, while happy domestic moments--as when the kids from both families belt out Soul Man--are unself-consciously beautiful</b>. The youthful protagonist and graphic-novel format will plunge readers into a time that can seem very distant. Ideal as a class read, absorbing for solo readers. --<i>School Library Journal </i> <p/>Covering a time period of societal unrest from Viet Nam to the assassination of Martin Luther King, Silence uses realistic black-and-white illustrations to convey a subject that is not black and white. --<i>VOYA</i></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>...convincingly depicts the systemic racism, blatant and subtle, that suffused and corroded everything during [the] period...[Popwell's] imagery amplifies the effects of the book's multiple perspectives--the overwhelmed kid's-eye view of uneasy family dynamics and open Texas spaces, the hyperkinetic chaos on campus, the cropped literalism of TV newscasts. --<i>The New York Times</i> <p/>...an engrossing narrative about race in America, while honestly dealing with a host of other real-world issues, including familial relationships, friendship, dependency, other-ness, and perhaps most importantly, the search for common ground. --<i>Publishers Weekly<br></i><br>A moving evocation of a tipping point in our country's regrettable history of race relations, Long and Demonakos's story flows perfectly in Eisner and Ignatz Award winner Powell's graceful and vivid yet unpretty black-and-gray wash. --<i>School Library Journal</i> <p/>Long and Demonakos show the volatile racial tension in thoughtfully selected vignettes...The words of Martin Luther King Jr. (including the title quotation), segregationist George Wallace, and spirituals adopted by the civil rights movement weave through the narrative like refrains. Nate Powell's nuanced art eloquently captures moments both poignant and lighthearted. --<i>The Horn Book</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Mark Long </b>is a video game designer and producer living in Seattle. <i>The Silence of Our Friends </i>is based on Long's childhood experiences with the civil rights movement in suburban Houston, Texas. <p/><b>Jim Demonakos </b>founded Seattle's annual Emerald City Comicon, as well as The Comic Stop chain of retail stores. He has written, edited, and promoted a variety of books for different publishers throughout his career. He lives in the Seattle area. <p/><b>Nate Powell</b> is an Arkansas native and Eisner Award-winning cartoonist whose works include <i>Swallow Me Whole</i> (an LA Times Book Prize finalist), <i>Any Empire</i>, and (with co-authors Congressman John Lewis and Andrew Aydin) the <i>March</i> trilogy, the final volume of which won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature. Powell is the first cartoonist to receive this honor. He lives in Bloomington, Indiana.</p>
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