Suncatcher
(A Graphic Novel)
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Filled with music, passion, supernatural secrets, and family, Jose Pimienta's Suncatcher brings to life a contemporary story of a girl growng up in Mexicali, with a supernatural twist and a lot of music.
Beatriz loves music.
More than her school -- more than her friends -- and definitely more than her homework. After Beatriz discovers that her grandfather's soul is trapped in his guitar, she becomes determined to get him out. But the only way to free him is to play the perfect song -- his perfect song, a song that he never actually wrote down.
Fixated on freeing her grandfather, music slowly consumes Beatriz's life. Soon she finds her self growing obsessed with perfection at the expense of her friendships, her band, and her health.
Beatriz won't let anything stop her. Even if it means losing everything else.
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After discovering that a Yaqui man trapped the soul of her dead grandfather, Tata Mario, in his old guitar, Beatriz Ana Garza sets out to free it. To do so, she must complete the Faustian deal that Tata Mario made in his youth and provide the Yaqui, trapped in a reel-to-reel tape deck, an original song, one that Beatriz must finish on Tata Mario's behalf. Beatriz joins a band to help further her craft, but tensions rise when a vocalist signs on, since Beatriz believes the song should be solely instrumental. Pimienta uses that pressure point to expose the difference between dedication and fixation, as Beatriz sacrifices everything to pursue her quest: avoiding others and skipping meals to write, and lashing out when the group tries to intervene. Making his solo debut, Pimienta (Soupy Leaves Home) visualizes music played with joy using bold emanations, whereas Beatriz's obsessive playing is shown as circular and hypnotic, accompanied by a gaze eerily similar to her grandfather's final stare. Though visual elements can get lost in the busy illustrations, Beatriz's relatable struggle with burnout and generational expectations sit amid an engaging tale and the backdrop of a mildly spooky '90s Mexicali setting. Final art not seen by PW. Ages 14 up.
