The Detective Girl

By Bill Tibbitts and W. M. Tibbitts

This book is a great way to introduce the comic book fans in your family to the wordplay of poetry. Written as a series of conversational sonnets, The Detective Girl tells a tale of an imaginary academy where young women train to be detectives. Armed with a dynamic heroine, a memorable villain and eccentric styles of kung fu, this book will please both those who routinely read contemporary poetry and people who avoid poetry as if it were an infectious disease. "One of the greatest criticisms of poetry is that it's inaccessible and hard to understand. Bill Tibbitts' collection, The Detective Girl, is the cure-all antidote for metrophobic folks. This collection is one part poetry, one part young adult novel, and one part comic book. The action is constant, and protagonist June and her nemesis, the Heiress, are memorable. Who knew poetry could be both insightful and laugh-out-loud funny? This is poetry for both new readers and connoisseurs." ForeWord Reviews Book Excerpt: Human beings like to forget how much our genes resemble those of the cockroach. We work hard to raise ourselves above such unwanted cousins. How could we approach the question of wedding invitations if we took these kin too seriously? Better to avoid all such complications and develop some type of mythology about how we can grow beyond our past and present with some special ritual or diet that grows spirit-- and sheds pounds fast. Most these fads just leave you sore and more poor. And yet it really is true, and not pretend, that human beings can quite simply ascend.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439226067
• ISBN13: 9781439226063
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.3" x 5.2"