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The shape of water / Guillermo del Toro and Daniel Kraus ; illustrations by James Jean.

Summary:

This is the novel of the idea that inspired the motion picture. An other-worldly fairy tale set against the backdrop of the Cold War-era United States circa 1962. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa is trapped in a life of silence and isolation. Elisa's life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda discover a secret classified experiment.
1962. Elisa Esposito-- mute her whole life-- works as a janitor working the graveyard shift at Baltimore's Occam Aerospace Research Center. Only Zelda, a protective coworker, and Giles, her loving neighbor, help her make it through her day. Then she sees something she was never meant to see: an amphibious man, captured in the Amazon, to be studied for Cold War advancements. Using sign language, the two learn to communicate. Richard Strickland, the obsessed soldier who tracked the asset through the Amazon, wants nothing more than to dissect it before the Russians get a chance to steal it.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1250165342
  • ISBN: 9781250165343
  • Physical Description: 315 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2018.

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
880L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 6.1 17 193365.
Subject: Orphans > Fiction.
Mute persons > Fiction.
Animals, Mythical > Fiction.
Mermen > Fiction.
Cold War > Fiction.
Amphibians as laboratory animals > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Romance fiction.
Magic realist fiction.
Fantasy fiction.

Available copies

  • 24 of 24 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Trails Regional. (Show)
  • 0 of 0 copies available at Trails Regional-Technical Services.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 24 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Bollinger County Library SF DEL (Text) 32713200006231 Science Fiction & Fantasy Available -
Cameron Public Library FIC DEL (Text) 32311111188504 Adult Fiction Available -
Cape Girardeau Public Library TOR (Text) 33042004522903 Adult Science Fiction Available -
Carthage Public Library FIC Toro, Guillermo del (Text) 34MO2001799225 Adult Fiction Available -
Dulany Memorial Library FIC TORO (Text) 35712001527911 Adult Fiction Available -
Jefferson County Library-Northwest F SCIFAN TORO Guillerm (Text) 30051000276631 Science Fiction/Fantasy Available -
Marshall Public Library FAN TOR (Text) 33391000186846 Adult Fiction Available -
Mississippi County - Clara Drinkwater Newnam Library F TOR (Text) 38530100673039 Adult Fiction Available -
Morgan County Library AF TOR (Text) 35319000047590 Adult Fiction Available -
Mountain View Public Library Fic Del Toro, Guillermo (Text) 30176100451717 Adult Fiction Available -

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