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Perfect man
Record details
- ISBN: 1551438135 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader)
- ISBN: 9781551438139 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader)
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 v. (unpaged)) : col. ill.
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electronic resource - Publisher: Victoria, BC ; Custer, WA : Orca Book Publishers, c2004.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | CatMonthString:january.19 Multi-User. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Cover; Title Page; CIP Page; |
| System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Media Console |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. |
| Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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Electronic resources
- Horn Book Guide Reviews : Horn Book Guide Reviews 2004 Fall
Michael Maxwell McAllum idolizes the superhero known as Perfect Man. After Perfect Man retires, Michael suspects that his wonderful new teacher, Mr. Clark, is really Perfect Man in disguise. Mr. Clark explains that Michael has his own super power--a talent for writing--and the boy grows up to become a best-selling author. The color illustrations are comical, but the story is heavy-handed. Copyright 2004 Horn Book Guide Reviews. - Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2004 May #1
In a sketchy tale likely to make its deepest impression on adult readers, a supportive teacher brings out a lad's inner "superpowers." Perfect Man, a caped superhero, has resigned and vanished, but young Michael, his biggest, most obsessive fan, is not dismayed, for, Michael is convinced, his idol has come back in disguise as the new teacher, Mr. Clark. Mr. Clark may be thinning on top, and shaped like a pear, but he's unfailingly enthusiastic, never breaks chalk, knows just how to defuse playground contretemps, and best of all, he "looked into people. He saw all the good stuff and helped them bring it out. He helped them find their super powers." In Michael's case, Mr. Clark praises his writing, and when Michael grows up to be an author-of "Perfect Man" tales, naturally-becomes his biggest fan. Rather than try for a comic-book look, Griffiths illustrates with full-page scenes of only slightly caricatured figures; he gives Perfect Man and Mr. Clark similar smiles, but otherwise leaves the superhero's true fate ambiguous. A few children might identify Mr. Clark with a favorite teacher of their own, but even here his special qualities are clearer in retrospect. (Picture book. 7-9) Copyright Kirkus 2004 Kirkus/BPI Communications.All rights reserved.
