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Silence of Our Friends
ISBN-13: 9781250164988
A New York Times best-selling 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.
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. THE SILENCE OF OUR FRIENDS 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 (SWALLOW ME WHOLE) bringing the tale of heart-wrenching life, THE SILENCE OF OUR FRIENDS is a new and important entry in the body of civil rights literature.
"[A]n 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." --Publishers Weekly
"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-grey wash." --Library Journal
"[C]onvincingly 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." --The New York Times
"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 vantage point, racist incidents are shockingly ugly, while happy domestic moments -- as when the kids from both families belt out "Soul Man" -- are unself-consciously beautiful. 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." --School Library Journal
"Covering a time period of societal unrest from Viet Nam to the assassination of Martin Luther King, SILENCES uses realistic black-and-white illustrations to convey a subject that is not black and white." --VOYA
Target age group 15 and up
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. THE SILENCE OF OUR FRIENDS 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 (SWALLOW ME WHOLE) bringing the tale of heart-wrenching life, THE SILENCE OF OUR FRIENDS is a new and important entry in the body of civil rights literature.
"[A]n 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." --Publishers Weekly
"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-grey wash." --Library Journal
"[C]onvincingly 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." --The New York Times
"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 vantage point, racist incidents are shockingly ugly, while happy domestic moments -- as when the kids from both families belt out "Soul Man" -- are unself-consciously beautiful. 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." --School Library Journal
"Covering a time period of societal unrest from Viet Nam to the assassination of Martin Luther King, SILENCES uses realistic black-and-white illustrations to convey a subject that is not black and white." --VOYA
Target age group 15 and up
- CategoryAdult Nonfiction
- Age Group15 and UP
- Grade Level9+
- LanguageEnglish
- BindingPaperback
- Theme 1Biography & Autobiography
- Theme 2Graphic Novels
- Detailed (BISAC) Subject/ThemeSocial Science
- Awards
- AuthorLong, Mark & Demonakos, Jim
- Lexile LevelGN
- AR Level2.7
- DeweyFiction
- PublisherMacMillan (MPS)
- Publication Date1/2/2018
- Pages208
- Dimensions0.62 H × 8.39 L × 6.18 W
- Case Qty64
