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Steve Jobs: Insanely Great
Author:
Hartland, Jessie
Biographee:
Jobs, Steve
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Class:
Biography
Age: 12-19
Language: English
Descriptors: Graphic Nonfiction
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LC: QA76.2.J
Grade: 7-12
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ISBN-13: 9780307982957
LCCN: 2014005768
Imprint: Schwartz & Wade
Publisher: Random House
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Pub Date: 07/21/2015
Availability: Available
List: $22.95
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Hardcover
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Physical Description:
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223 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
H 8.77",
W 6.21",
D 0.84",
1.375 lbs.
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LC Series:
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Brodart Sources:
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Brodart's Children and Teen Nonfiction Picks
Brodart's For Youth Interest Titles
Brodart's For Youth Interest: Popular
Brodart's Graphic Novel Reads for Teens TIPS Selections
Brodart's Graphic Novels: Nonfiction
Brodart's Public Library Graphic Novel Picks
Brodart's TOP Young Adult Titles
Brodart's YA Reads for Adults
Brodart's Young Adult Graphic Novel Picks
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Bibliographies:
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Graphic Novel Core Collection, 4th ed.
Senior High Core Collection, 20th ed.
Senior High Core Collection, 21st ed.
Senior High Core Collection, 22nd ed.
Texas Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List
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Awards:
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Great Graphic Novels for Teens
Horn Book Guide Titles, Rated 1 - 4
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People
Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12
School Library Journal Best Books
School Library Journal Starred Reviews
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Starred Reviews:
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School Library Journal
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TIPS Subjects:
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Computers/Computer Programming
Business
Biography, Individual
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BISAC Subjects: |
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Business & Economics
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Computers / General
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LC Subjects:
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Computer engineers, United States, Biography
Computer engineers, United States, Biography, Cartoons and comics
Computer engineers, United States, Biography, Comic books, strips, etc
Computer engineers, United States, Biography, Comic books, strips, etc., Juvenile literature
Graphic novels
Jobs, Steve,, 1955-2011
Jobs, Steve,, 1955-2011, Cartoons and comics
Jobs, Steve,, 1955-2011, Comic books, strips, etc
Jobs, Steve,, 1955-2011, Comic books, strips, etc., Juvenile literature
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SEARS Subjects: |
Computer engineers, United States, Biography, cartoons and caricatures
Graphic novels
Jobs, Steve,, 1955-2011, Cartoons and caricatures
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Reading Programs: |
Accelerated Reader Level:
4.7
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Points: 1.0
Lexile Level:
650
Reading Counts Level:
4.7
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Points: 5.0
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| Annotations |
| Brodart's TOP Young Adult Titles | 07/01/2015 |
| Discover the demons that plagued American entrepreneur Steve Jobs and discover his triumphant leaps forward as you learn how he launched Apple Computer in a garage and went on to revolutionize the personal technology industry in this illustrated biography. 240pp., Ill. |
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| Starred Reviews: |
| School Library Journal | 06/01/2015 |
| Gr 8 Up. Hartland ably captures the many facets of entrepreneur and innovator Steve Jobs in this graphic biography. Jobs's entire lifespan is here, from his precocious childhood tinkering to his determination to see his final product, the iPad, through before his untimely death. In between, Hartland portrays Jobs in all his geeky, passionate, difficult glory. This work doesn't shy away from Jobs's demanding, perfectionist side, but it also portrays his delight in the "perfect product": an odd mixture that Hartland describes as Jobs's "reality distortion field." Apple is, of course, center stage, and readers will find the graphic representation of the evolution of various Apple products helpful. Hartland also covers Jobs's ouster from Apple in 1985, his development of the NeXT computer, and his work with Pixar. Throughout, panels depicting the latest technology (for instance, color TVs and digital watches in the late 1970s, cordless phones and the Sony Walkman in the 1980s) provide readers with a feel for competing products. The artwork is deceptively simple, at first blush appearing like the doodles of an average teenager, but these loose, expressive illustrations are detailed and convey large amounts of information. VERDICT Luddites and iFans alike should find this volume an illuminating introduction to Jobs's life and the recent history of consumer electronics. Eric Norton, McMillan Memorial Library, Wisconsin Rapids, WI. 240p. SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, c2015. |
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| Journal Reviews |
| Booklist | 06/01/2015 |
| Grades 7-10. Recently, there have been a multitude of biographies about Steve Jobs; author and illustrator Hartland adds to the collection with a unique yet informative look at the subject in this graphic biography. Covering his formative years challenging authority, to his time founding and then re-creating Apple, Hartland explains his life and the technology of his time while not shying away from Jobs' many eccentricities and erratic behaviors. Although there is always a smile drawn on Jobs' face, Hartland shows his many frustrations with technology, his anger toward his coworkers, and his hurt over his eventual cancer diagnosis. But her prose never judges his intentions or motives; she simply states the facts, providing a thorough history of a complex man. Hartland's signature squiggle style and handwritten text create a disarming, intimate view of the subject, as does the lack of any color. Like Job's innovative designs, her approach is sleek and simplistic, covering just what is needed while still standing out from the competition. Blenski, Peter. 240p. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, c2015. |
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| Horn Book | 01/01/2016 |
| Middle School, High School. Hartland's jam-packed, roughhewn, kitchen-sink visual style (as seen in her picture-book biography Bon Appetit!: The Delicious Life of Julia Child) might seem at odds with her latest subject--the simplicity-obsessed co-founder of Apple Computer, Steve Jobs. It is, however, through this unassuming style that Hartland provides readers with a plethora of information, both personal and professional, about a complex, driven, sometimes difficult individual. Beginning with his birth in 1955 and ending with his death in 2011, a mostly chronological retelling of well-known events in Jobs's career unfolds: the creation of the Apple (with Steve Wozniak) and Apple II computers; expulsion from Apple ("He becomes so nasty and unreasonable, so difficult to work with..."); influential tenure at Pixar; and triumphant return to the company that he built. Hartland explores many formative aspects of her subject's life--being adopted as a baby, fathering (and abandoning) his first child, listening to Bob Dylan and smoking pot, seeking enlightenment in India--as well as Jobs's famously cantankerous demeanor and his constant drive for aesthetic perfection. Figurative, inky illustrations (colored in shades of gray) and concise, hand-lettered text compete for space on each visually dense page; a few of the sequences can be hard to follow. Hartland's choice to invent some dialogue is briefly explained in her appended "Notes" section. While perhaps not insanely great, the book does deliver a depiction of Jobs that is well balanced and accessible for tech- and comic book-biography enthusiasts alike. patrick gall. 225pg. THE HORN BOOK, c2016. |
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| Horn Book Guide | 05/01/2016 |
| 2. YA. Through her jam-packed, roughhewn, kitchen-sink visual style, Hartland provides readers with a plethora of information, both personal and professional, about a complex, driven, sometimes difficult individual. Beginning with his birth in 1955 and ending with his death in 2011, a mostly chronological retelling of well-known events in Jobs's career unfolds. The book delivers a depiction of Jobs that is well balanced and accessible. Bib. pg. 225pg. THE HORN BOOK, c2016. |
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| Kirkus Reviews | 04/15/2015 |
| A free-wheeling graphic biography of Steve Jobs. The late visionary behind Apple and Pixar lent himself to caricature, and illustrator Hartland (Bon Appetit: The Delicious Life of Julia Child, 2012, etc.) takes full advantage. Her inspirational version of the "insanely great" Jobs is a misfit who refused to follow the rules or play well with others, who was as rebellious as he was smart. Eventually becoming one of the richest men in the world, he followed a spiritual path of asceticism, looking for gurus, seeking a purer truth than can be found in material possessions. Yet he showed a remarkable lack of compassion and empathy toward his associates and was forced out of the Apple he had founded because others considered him so difficult. He wasn't the computer whiz that his early collaborator Steve Wozniak was, but the marketing acumen of his passion for design and simplicity proved equally crucial in Apple's transformation of the personal computer from a hobbyist pursuit into a paradigm-shifting commercial product. "Woz is the engineering genius," the author writes in a kid's scrawl that matches the rough-hewn illustrations. "Steve is the salesman with the big picture." As she later quotes her subject, who saw Apple prosper beyond anyone's wildest expectations, "I don't think it would have happened without Woz and I don't think it would have happened without me." Recognizing his own deficiencies, Jobs recruited Pepsi's John Sculley to run the company: "While Steve knows himself to be quirky, tactless, confrontational, and insensitive, he knows Sculley is polite, polished, and easygoing"--though inevitably, there was a power struggle between the two. The narrative somehow squeezes Jobs' important innovations--the iMac, the music empire of iPods and iTunes, the smartphone revolution, the iPad--into a breezy narrative that engages and entertains. Nothing new or revelatory here, but the book can serve as a good introduction to Jobs and will impress with its concision those who already know a lot about him. 272pg. KIRKUS MEDIA LLC, c2015. |
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| Publishers Weekly | 05/04/2015 |
| Harland brings the style of simple drawings paired with easy-to-digest facts she used in her first novel, Bon Appetit! The Delicious Life of Julia Child, to a breezy yet thorough illustrated biography of Apple pioneer Jobs. Beginning with his literal birth and following through the important moments of his life, Harland's take is both engaging and educational, though not especially demanding of the reader. The black and white art is unrefined but pleasant and contributes to the overall tone, which is effortlessly charming without being terribly enlightening or revealing. Harland uses the page layouts to full advantage, with maps, diagrams and call-outs galore. Though it's certainly informative for all ages, some readers will yearn for something with more depth and complexity in its execution, even as they whiz through the Richard-Scarry-for-grown-ups pages. Agent: Brenda Bowen, Sanford J. Greenburger Assoc. (July). 272p. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, c2015. |
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