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Silent Movie

48 pp. | Atheneum/Schwartz | March, 2003 | Trade ISBN 0-689-84145-0 $$16.95
(2) K-3 Illustrated by C. B. Mordan. Dressed appropriately in glossy black and white, this latest diversion from Avi is a tribute to the silent movie. Told only through images and title cards, the story is literal rags to riches, as young Gustave and his mother leave Sweden for the mean streets of 1909 New York and eventual movie stardom for the boy. The terse titles, lettered in an old-movie font, convey no more than necessary and work expertly with Mordan's sleek ink illustrations to keep the story moving.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2003

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