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From a delightful new voice in fiction comes the story of a
stay-at-home dad reclaiming his past and discovering a new future.
Jack Parker didn't set out to be a stay-at-home dad, but his
professional dreams went up in smoke after he accidentally burned
down his office building. Six years later, Jack's got parenting his
two kids down cold. Then comes an unwelcome blast from Jack's past:
high school nemesis Chad Henson. He beat out Jack for class
president, stole his girlfriend, and never had so much as a pimple
in his four years of adolescent bliss. Now Chad has moved to the
same midwestern town Jack calls home. When Jack learns Chad is
running for president of his daughter's school board, he decides to
run to settle old scores. But parent politics prove more cutthroat
than Jack could have imagined, and he's facing unexpected
challenges in his marriage, too, forcing him to question his role
in the family. Suddenly, the election is about more than Jack's
past. It's an opportunity to discover the person he wants to
become. People grow up, but some high school rivalries never die.
It's time Chad Henson got schooled once and for all-and for Jack to
learn a few things of his own.
Writer Ted Fox and artist James Otis Smith bring to life Harlem's
legendary theater in this graphic novel adaptation of Fox's
definitive, critically acclaimed history of the Apollo. Since its
inception as an African-American theater in 1934, the Apollo, and
the thousands of entertainers who performed there, have led the way
in the presentation of swing, bebop, rhythm and blues, jazz,
gospel, soul, funk and hip-hop-along with the latest in dance and
comedy. The Apollo has nurtured and featured thousands of artists,
many of whom have become legends. The beauty they have given the
world-their art-transcends the hatred, ignorance, and intolerance
that often made their lives difficult. Today, the Apollo enjoys an
almost mythical status. With its breathtaking art, this graphic
novel adaptation of Showtime at the Apollo brings to life the
theater's legendary significance in music history, African American
history, and to the culture of New York City.
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