Bug in a Vacuum
by Melanie Watt
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Pub Date Aug 25 2015 | Archive Date Aug 25 2015
Random House of Canada Limited | Tundra Books
Description
A bug flies through an open door into a house, through a bathroom, across a kitchen and bedroom and into a living room ... where its entire life changes with the switch of a button. Sucked into the void of a vacuum bag, this one little bug moves through denial, bargaining, anger, despair and eventually acceptance -- the five stages of grief -- as it comes to terms with its fate. Will there be a light at the end of the tunnel? Will there be dust bunnies in the void? A funny, suspenseful and poignant look at the travails of a bug trapped in a vacuum.
Advance Praise
"A bug flies indoors, is sucked into a vacuum,
and experiences the five stages of grief while entrapped. The narrative plays
it straight, but the double-page spreads—over 40 of them—tell a far livelier
story.... She includes a clever, visually parallel story about the household's
dachshund, whose favorite toy, a knitted, button-eyed dog, suffers the same
fate as the bug. As the highly dramatic insect emotes through the five stages,
using the bits and pieces it's been sucked up with as imaginative props, the
dog experiences them silently.... Another funny, visually rollicking work from the creator
of Chester (2007) and Scaredy Squirrel (2006)." - Kirkus Reviews
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781770496453 |
| PRICE | CA$25.99 (CAD) |
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