January 2017 - Anastasia Suen

Jane Eyre: Manga Classics
by Charlotte Bronte (Author), Crystal S. Chan (Adapter), and SunNeko Lee (Artist)

Booktalk: Charlotte Bronte’s classic tale of morality and social criticism takes on an entirely new life in this Manga Classic adaptation of Jane Eyre.

As an orphaned child, Jane Eyre is first cruelly abused by her aunt, then cast out and sent to a charity school. Though she meets with further abuse, she receives an education, and eventually takes a job as a governess at the estate of Edward Rochester. Jane and Rochester begin to bond, but his dark moods trouble her. When Jane uncovers the terrible secret Rochester has been hiding, she flees and finds temporary refuge at the home of St. John Rivers.

Snippet:

MAID: Mrs. Reed says you are to sit quietly by yourself until you are better behaved.

CHARLOTTE: And what have I done?

CAPTION: There was never any answer.

Seeing Through Walls: Superman and the Science of Sight
by Agnieszka Biskup (Author)

Booktalk: Super-sight allows the Man of Steel to see through walls and melt metal with his baby blue eyes. But what makes sight possible? And can anyone or anything in our world do what Superman does with his eyes? Get ready to find out with the help of the Worlds Greatest Hero.

Snippet: Superman’s eyes can see through walls and shoot beams to cut through steel. Although we can only wish for these powers, our eyes do have the amazing ability to see a remarkable range of colors. In fact, most people can see about one million colors. How? It’s a tag-team combo of reflected light and the cones in our eyes.

It’s Nonfiction Monday!