Chopsticks by Jessica Anthony & Rodrigo Corral
Publisher: Razorbill (February 2nd, 2012)
Reading Level: Young Adult
Paperback: 272 pages
After her mother died, Glory retreated into herself and her music. Her single father raised her as a piano prodigy, with a rigid schedule and the goal of playing sold-out shows across the globe. Now, as a teenager, Glory has disappeared. As readers flash back to the events leading up to her disappearance, they see a girl on the precipice of disaster.
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Chopsticks is such a cool book and Penguin has developed some creative ways to be interactive with the book. You can download the book app and go to the website.
There are so many beautiful images in this book. It's a lot of fun to browse through. By downloading the app, you can really interact with the story and the photographs.
You can view a demo of the app here.
Official Website http://www.chopsticksnovel.com Chopsticks App http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chopsticks-novel/id497983366?mt=8=4
Prize:
- One (1) winner will receive: · A copy of Chopsticks · $10 iTunes gift card to experience the Chopsticks app
- You must be at least 13 (or have permission) to enter.
- Name and email must be provided.
- Extra entries are possible and links must be provided.
- Contest is US only and ends April 20th.
- Once contacted, the winner will have 48 hours to respond.
- The form must be filled out to enter.
About the book CHOPSTICKS was born out of the desire to tell a story with multiple medias, without losing the fundamental truths which make reading fiction an emotional human experience.
The novel’s digital format will still allow you to encounter the lives of Frank and Glory, the characters that fill the pages, but the additional videos, songs and digital links will create a new novel experience.
CHOPSTICKS is a novel, an app, a website. It is a collage of original drawings, objects, text, sounds, and video. It is a love story. It is a mystery. Read it. View it. Experience it.
About the authors Rodrigo Corral runs Rodrigo Corral Studio and is the creative director at Farrar, Straus and Giroux. He has designed covers for the Pulitzer Prize winning author Junot Diaz and the bestselling author Chuck Palahniuk among many others. He also designed the New York Times bestselling books Decoded by Jay-Z, Classy by Derek Blasberg, and Influence by Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen. He has taught at the School of Visual Arts in New York City and lectured around the country. Through it all, he remains deeply committed to transcending the visual possibilities in art, in culture, and throughout the universe. www.rodrigocorral.com
Jessica Anthony’s debut novel, The Convalescent (McSweeney’s/Grove 2009), was an ALA Adult Notable Book, a B&N “Discover Great New Writers” selection, an Editor’s Choice in the San Francisco Chronicle, and has been taught in several universities across the country. Her short fiction can be found in Best New American Voices, Best American Nonrequired Reading, McSweeney’s, New American Writing and elsewhere. She was raised amidst the farms and bowling alleys of Upstate New York, and currently teaches at Bates College and Southern New Hampshire University.
