Valerie Estelle Frankel
Author
Description
Everyone in the galaxy wants the Plot Device…especially the looming orange supervillain Big Vicious Dude, Lord of All the Galactic Places He Feels Like and his Vice Lord Whinin the Finger Pointer. Clearly, the galaxy needs a hero! Too bad all they've got is man-child Quitter Pill, Grapesoda the space babe, Bunny Foofoo, Dweeb the world's biggest raspberry gumball, and a treelike creature who keeps saying "I am Grout." Together they're the Mockeries...
2) We're Home
Author
Description
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is crammed with delightful references – there are stacks of easter eggs, famous cameos, nods to the Extended Universe and computer games. Here they're all listed and described for discerning fans. There's also summaries – not just of shows and films but of the universe's history after Return of the Jedi covering thirty years of new canon in painstaking detail. Big questions from the film get answered, in-jokes get...
Author
Description
The high school or college English class offers a long list of technical terms: Symbolism, Irony, Metafiction, Allegory, Metaphor… With such a barrage, it can be tough to sort them all out. Yet here's the list, from Absurdity to Zeugma, all defined through the clever wordplay of Hamilton. In fact, musicals use all the rhythm and rhyme patterns of history's top poets, and the literary skill of crafting characters and straddling genre. Further, the...
Author
Description
Hamilton, the hip-hop rap musical, has revolutionized theater. It's the story of an immigrant, "young, scrappy, and hungry," who kicked off the Revolutionary War and built the central government of today. Within this book appears the musical's backstory with many deeper insights. How do the Schuyler Sisters' signature colors reveal their personalities? Which stage equipment best amplifies the themes? What of the words like "Satisfied" and "My Shot,"...
Author
Description
Can't recall the backstory on Dr. Kelly Nieman? Or Beckett's father? Trying to track down what really happened in Montreal or Paris? This is the book for you. Follow Beckett and Castle's romance through its evolution and trace all the character arcs as Alexis grows up and Ryan and Esposito find their soulmates. Relive the funniest moments and the biggest tearjerkers. Plus Castle's wackiest theories, the genre episodes, and much more. With cast interviews...
Author
Description
Celebrating Jewish holidays has never been sillier than in Chelm, the Village of Fools! While the Chelmites try to solve problems-like outsmarting bees to get Rosh Hashanah honey, and keeping menorah candles lit without enough oil-their foolishness causes even more chaos. Enjoy these tall tales, old and new, one for each of ten holidays throughout the Jewish year.