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From the author of the New York Times bestselling Jedi Academy books comes a hilarious graphic novel series about two young cave kids living 40,000 years ago.
"Lucy & Andy are Stone Age rock stars! I loved this book!" -Lincoln Peirce, author of the Big Nate series
Lucy and Andy are a sister and brother who get into trouble much like any sister and brother. Only difference? Lucy and Andy live in the Stone Age! Discover their laugh-out-loud adventures as the Paleo pair take on a wandering baby sibling, bossy teens, cave paintings, and a mammoth hunt. But what will happen when they encounter a group of humans?
Includes extra information about Neanderthal life that's sure to appeal to futurepaleontologists and science phobes alike! And don't missLucy and Andy's next outing, Lucy & Andy Neanderthal- The Stone Cold Age -- coming soon!
A New York City Public Library Best 50 Books for Kids 2016!
A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best 2016!
"Jeffrey Brown returns from a galaxy far, far away to bring us a whole new slew of kid-friendly characters! Just beware of mammoth dung!"
-Keith Knight, author of Jake the Fake and The Knight Life
Every kid will love to go back in time with LUCY & ANDY!"
-Judd Winick, author of Hilo- The Boy Who Saved the World
Author Notes
Jeffrey Brown was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1975. While earning a MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, he abandoned painting and began drawing comics. His first autobiographical book, Clumsy, was published in 2001. His other works include Unlikely, AEIOU, Every Girl Is the End of the World for Me, Little Things, Funny Misshapen Body, Bighead, Darth Vader and Son, Vader's Little Princess, and the Star Wars: Jedi Academy series. He won an Ignatz Award for Outstanding Mini-Comic in 2003 for I Am Going To Be Small. In 2014 his title Return of the Padawan made The New York Times Best Seller List. He also directed an animated video for the band Death Cab For Cutie
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (5)
Publisher's Weekly Review
Brown's (the Jedi Academy series) episodic graphic novel about a clan of Neanderthals starts out low-key enough, as goofy Andy, his much smarter sister Lucy, and other children bicker over tool-making and food-gathering. (After debating mammoth-hunting options, they settle on "the usual," i.e. "Chase one down and stab it until it stops moving.") Two archaeologists pop up at the end of each chapter to demonstrate how the objects that Lucy and Andy use and make-their tools, the bones they chew on, even their teeth-reveal information about their lives. The female Neanderthal bones show just as much wear and tear as the males, the scientists point out; they may have done the same kinds of work. Hints sprinkled throughout about a lost spear and missing mammoth meat build to a climax as Andy and Lucy's group encounters a smoother, more sophisticated, and possibly menacing group of humans. Readers with an interest in fossil discoveries won't be able to put this down, while those who have never given cave life a thought may find themselves with a new interest. Ages 8-12. Agent: Marc Gerald, Agency Group. (Aug.)? © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Horn Book Review
Siblings Lucy and Andy experience life in the Stone Age and encounter many everyday prehistoric quandaries: creating tools, deciding which animals to select as pets, and treating maladies such as toothaches. Brown's black-and-white graphic novel is rich with archaeological and prehistoric scientific facts, imparted via asides from a couple modern-day archaeologists with cartoon imagery and slapstick humor. (c) Copyright 2017. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Booklist Review
Lucy and Andy might seem like regular kids they bicker, get into trouble, try to impress the big kids, and so on but there's one major difference in best-selling Brown's new series. It's 40,000 years ago, and Lucy and Andy, true to their name, live in a cave. In episodic adventures, clever Lucy and eager (if inept) Andy watch a mammoth hunt, learn to make tools and weapons, lose track of their baby brother, and make cave paintings, among other adventures, while a pair of paleontologists appear periodically to sift fact from fiction and serve up some extra info on early humans and neanderthals. Brown is particularly adept at drawing out humor in everyday situations, thanks to his spot-on comedic timing and deeply expressive, goggle-eyed cartoon figures, rendered in thick black lines and precise gray washes. Though each chapter is fairly discrete, a longer story arc simmers in the background, and a reveal in the last chapter promises exciting new developments in forthcoming volumes. Middle-graders who loved Brown's Jedi Academy series will adore this, too.--Hunter, Sarah Copyright 2016 Booklist
School Library Journal Review
Gr 2-5-Popular author Brown brings his fun cartoon style, often seen in his "Star Wars" adventures, to this prehistoric tale. Lucy and Andy are two Neanderthal siblings who take us through a fairly normal week (mammoth hunting, crafting tools, making clothes). At the end of each chapter, modern scientists on an archaeological dig at their cave provide factual commentary. The last chapter and author's note include a time line and more information about the world of the Neanderthals. With his extensive research and these notes, Brown has created a graphic novel that is as much nonfiction as fiction, containing historical context and a lovely fictional story with siblings, crushes, and other adventures. The resulting blend is sure to draw reluctant readers and send some students scurrying for more in-depth material. Kids will learn a great deal about the Neanderthals while laughing their way through the story. Brown demonstrates a depth of knowledge of the subject, with a few winking anachronisms. VERDICT An amusing and enjoyable graphic novel that teaches about daily Neanderthal life, this title will be right at home in most elementary school and public library collections.-Elizabeth Nicolai, Anchorage Public Library, AK © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
Two Neanderthal preteens weave a tale of everyday life to which even modern kids can relate.Over 40,000 years ago, tucked into a cozy cave, siblings Lucy and Andy live with their light-skinned and hirsute tribe, made up of their family (mother Luba, father Charles, and baby brother Danny) and another (Daryl and his children, Margaret and Phil, both older than Lucy and Andy). As related in a series of interrelated (and often wittily titled vignettes), the tribe spends its days in quotidian Neanderthal occupations: hunting mammoths, cooking, caring for one another, and making clothes and tools. Brown ambitiously weaves fact into his fiction and ends each short episode with interesting commentary about Stone Age life from two anthropologist characters, a white woman and a black man. At times these facts seem at odds with the story; despite a page devoted to speculation about Neanderthal gender equity, for instance, Luba seems entirely focused on child care. Although Brown makes reference to reading "almost a hundred!" books as research, he offers his readers neither bibliography nor resources to follow up on ignited interest (other than an impressive list of museums to visit). Despite this quibble, Brown's vivacious plotlines are laugh-out-loud funny, and in spite of the prehistoric setting, this comic charmer should readily appeal to young readers.Read solely as fiction, this is an auspiciously clever and engaging series opener. (Graphic historical fiction. 7-12) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
