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Abstract
Lucy is an incurably uncool teen, and an octopus. For no reason at all (other than that she isn't very "girly"), she is very unpopular, and even her parents don't like her! The only friend who will hang out with her in public is Puffy, her pet puffer fish. But Lucy's haters don't know that she is secretly an awesome guitarist, and she has been picked to join everyone's favourite local band, Lamington Fuzz. While Lucy rocks at doing her own thing, her classmates realise that spending time with the "cool kids" isn't all it's cracked up to be...
Richy K. Chandler's latest graphic novel is a celebration of being who you are, and a story about why it pays to be kind. Bubbling with fun and wit, it will buoy up the self-esteem of children aged 9+, and is a delight to read for big kids of any age.
Kids will learn lessons from this book and will learn them in ways that will make the lesson stick. There is nothing like humour to convince us of the wrongness of our misdeeds, and Lucy the Octopus has it in spades.
Healthybooks
This is what "all ages" entertainment should always be: full of lessons and laughs for the kids, with more than enough of the same for adults.
OpticalSloth.com
Taking that great comic strip tradition of the loveable loser and then amplifying it to the point of distortion, Lucy the Octopus is, in turns, blackly humorous and actually really rather poignant. An absolute must-read.
Andy Oliver, Broken Frontier
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucy the Octopus by Richy K. Chandler | 3 | ||
| 1. Well, That Was Bittersweet | 5 | ||
| 2. Actually Cool As Well As Being Cool | 12 | ||
| 3. Everyone Laughed and No One Helped Me Up | 19 | ||
| 4. Just You and The Band | 28 | ||
| 5. I'll Take What I Can Get | 40 | ||
| 6. Any Less The Freak | 56 | ||
| 7. Too Cool for the Likes Of You | 72 | ||
| 8. Cool, Just Not in School | 80 | ||
| 9. The Least Popular Kid at School | 90 | ||
| 10. Just the Dregs | 100 | ||
| 11. Put All This Who's Cool and Who's Not Cool Aside | 111 | ||
| 12. Plain Old Uncool Schoolgirl, Lucy | 116 | ||
| Blank Page | 132 |