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The Blur

Author Minh Lê
Read by Quyen Ngo
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Meet a child with superhero-like abilities . . . and the parents who are racing to keep up with her in this sweetly funny audiobook about the blur of childhood, from the award-winning creators of Drawn Together.

From the very beginning, there was something different about this child... An ultrasonic voice. Fantastically elastic limbs. Super-magnetic powers. But it wasn’t until the child took her first steps that she became: THE BLUR!
    Nothing can stand in her way as she takes the world by storm: always on the move and darting into danger! All too soon, she is zipping through the days, and zooming over the years… 
    Framed as an origin story, here is a fun superhero romp for kids that will pull at the hearstrings of every parent.
Minh Lê is the acclaimed author of several picture books. His projects with Dan Santat include Built to Last; The Blur; Drawn Together, which won the 2019 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature; and Lift, which was an Eisner Award nominee and received five starred reviews. Minh is also the author of Real to Me, illustrated by Raissa Figueroa, Let Me Finish!, illustrated by Isabel Roxas, and The Perfect Seat, illustrated by Gus Gordon. Minh has written for the New York Times, the Horn Book, and the Huffington Post. He currently lives in San Diego, California with his wife and kids. View titles by Minh Lê
★ "A must-purchase." —School Library Journal, starred review

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Meet a child with superhero-like abilities . . . and the parents who are racing to keep up with her in this sweetly funny audiobook about the blur of childhood, from the award-winning creators of Drawn Together.

From the very beginning, there was something different about this child... An ultrasonic voice. Fantastically elastic limbs. Super-magnetic powers. But it wasn’t until the child took her first steps that she became: THE BLUR!
    Nothing can stand in her way as she takes the world by storm: always on the move and darting into danger! All too soon, she is zipping through the days, and zooming over the years… 
    Framed as an origin story, here is a fun superhero romp for kids that will pull at the hearstrings of every parent.

Author

Minh Lê is the acclaimed author of several picture books. His projects with Dan Santat include Built to Last; The Blur; Drawn Together, which won the 2019 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature; and Lift, which was an Eisner Award nominee and received five starred reviews. Minh is also the author of Real to Me, illustrated by Raissa Figueroa, Let Me Finish!, illustrated by Isabel Roxas, and The Perfect Seat, illustrated by Gus Gordon. Minh has written for the New York Times, the Horn Book, and the Huffington Post. He currently lives in San Diego, California with his wife and kids. View titles by Minh Lê

Praise

★ "A must-purchase." —School Library Journal, starred review

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