{"product_id":"9780765313263","title":"Grease Monkey","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eGrease Monkey\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Tim Eldred\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaught in the crossfire of an interstellar war, our Earth was bombed to flinders--and then repaired. The mysterious alien Benefactors who healed the planet also offered \"uplift\" to our dolphins and gorillas. The dolphins turned them down. The gorillas said yes. As a result, we're now sharing our world with language-using, tool-making simians. Tensions are inevitable, in both directions, but it's gradually working out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDecades later, teenage cadet Robin Plotnik has been assigned to \u003ci\u003eFist of Earth,\u003c\/i\u003e a defense station high above Earth, keeping watch against further attacks by the interstellar Horde. Robin's a spacecraft mechanic-in-training, apprenticed to Chief \"Mac\" Gimbensky, a cranky but basically benign gorilla with issues of his own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFist of Earth \u003c\/i\u003eis a challenging place to grow up. Robin and Mac maintain fighter craft for the all-woman \"Barbarian Squadron\", which constantly competes for prestige with the other squadrons based on \u003ci\u003eFist of Earth\u003c\/i\u003e. Robin's trying to romance a young librarian, and he's far from sure he knows what he's doing. Most of all, he's constantly struggling to figure out his moody, mercurial boss.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen he and his best friend become entangled in a burgeoning scandal over betting on the squadrons' standings. And just when things look like they've hit rock bottom, the worst thing imaginable arrives at \u003ci\u003eFist of Earth:\u003c\/i\u003e an efficiency expert from Earth, determined to reorganize Robin's hard-won life, and the whole squadron system, out of existence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFresh and engaging, crammed with likeable characters and science-fictional inventiveness, \u003ci\u003eGrease Monkey\u003c\/i\u003e is like a classic \"Heinlein juvenile\" in sequential-art mode.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction by Kurt Busiek, author of \u003ci\u003eAstro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e City\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Believable characters, good writing, humor and excitement. Who could ask for more?” —Trina Robbins on Grease Monkey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Delightful science fiction with a sense of humor, Grease Monkey is an all-ages series that doesn’t write down to its readership--and that’s much more rare than it should be.” —\u003ci\u003eComic Shop News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“What snuck up on me over the years was just how much is actually going on in this series. What I thought of as a loose string of stories--almost a sitcom set on a space station--was turning out more and more to be a single work, more ambitious, more structured and deeper than I'd realized. This wasn't a series, it was a novel--an episodic novel, to be sure, but a novel nonetheless.” —Kurt Busiek, author of Astro City on Grease Monkey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A good, good read!” —Will Eisner, creator of The Spirit, on Grease Monkey\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLong-listed ALA Best Books for Young Adults (2007), Long-listed ALA Best Books for Young Adults (2006), Long-listed YALSA Great Graphic Novel for Teens (2008), Winner NYPL Books for the Teen Age (2007), Books for the Teen Age, New York Public Library (2007), Long-listed YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens (2008), American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults (2006)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780765313263\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Tor Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40656586571982,"sku":"9780765313263","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_47ecd3b3-6d6e-41ad-8919-567338d7bd93.jpg?v=1639450967","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780765313263","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}