New York: First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press. Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide) Rapp, Adam and Michael Cavallaro. Herein lies a dark, breaktaking new vision of an all-too-possible future for America Cataloging source CGP Rapp, Adam Dewey number 741.5/973 Illustrations illustrations Index no index present LC call number PN6727. First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press. We’ve seen oppressive governments being oppressive and teenagers rebelling against them. The future imagined in Decelerate Blue is based on speed and efficiency. Decelerate Blue is a nice-looking book, and there’s a bunch of potential in it, and it upsets me that Rapp doesn’t go where it seems the story would work better. Language eng Summary A girl who thinks the rapid-fire, hyperkinetic culture of the country is counter-productive, is recruited into a resistance movement where the mode of survival is taking things. Decelerate Blue is a pushback against fast food, timeclocks, and the need for speed. United States - Social life and customs - Fiction From revolutionary and award-winning playwright Adam Rapp and veteran cartoonist and animator Mike Cavallaro comes Decelerate Blue, a dark, breath-taking new vision of an all-too-plausible future. In this new world, speed and efficiency are everything, and the populace zooms along in a perpetually stimulated haze.Rapp is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. The novel follows one young girl who doesn’t fit in and who discovers that there are others who believe that slower is better. Label Decelerate blue Title Decelerate blue Statement of responsibility by Adam Rapp artwork by Mike Cavallaro Creator Decelerate Blue is a science fiction tale set in a not-too-distant future where speeding up to keep up with societal and technological change is not just necessary, its the law. A graphic novel dystopia in which everyone believes in speed and efficiency.
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