{"id":94,"date":"2008-04-14T22:46:37","date_gmt":"2008-04-15T02:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/14\/review-of-the-plain-janes-by-cecil-castelluci-and-jim-rugg\/"},"modified":"2008-05-15T21:37:24","modified_gmt":"2008-05-16T01:37:24","slug":"review-of-the-plain-janes-by-cecil-castelluci-and-jim-rugg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=94","title":{"rendered":"Review of The Plain Janes, by Cecil Castelluci and Jim Rugg"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Plain Janes,<\/em> by Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg<\/p>\n

Minx Books, New York, 2007.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.minxbooks.net\/<\/a><\/p>\n

We\u2019ve all read books where the main character has to start at a new school.\u00a0 Even books where she has to start a new high school six weeks after the start of the year.\u00a0 But Jane\u2019s reason for moving is a little unusual.\u00a0 At her old neighborhood in Metro City, she was in the middle of a terrorist attack.<\/p>\n

Now her parents have moved their family out to the suburbs, where they feel safer.\u00a0 Jane hates having to leave the city.\u00a0 When she sits in the cafeteria at the table for rejects, she learns that the other three girls sitting there are all named Jane.<\/p>\n

After the terrorist attack, Jane found a sketchbook with words on the cover, \u201cArt Saves.\u201d\u00a0 Can this be true in the suburbs as well as in the city?\u00a0 She convinces the other Janes to carry out some \u201cArt Attacks.\u201d\u00a0 They sign their work P.L.A.I.N.\u2014People Loving Art in Neighborhoods.<\/p>\n

But the authorities don\u2019t take kindly to any kind of attack \u2013 artistic or not.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s an engaging and artistic graphic novel about surviving, pressing on, and making a difference.<\/p>\n

Find this review on the main site at:<\/p>\n

www.sonderbooks.com\/Teens\/plain_janes.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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