Skye Sparkler [Hardcover]

Kim H. Metzger (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 2001

Marcy Martin was an aspiring comic book artist working at data-entry when not trying to sell the super-heroine she created, Skye Sparkler. When Marcy did a good deed, she was given a magical, wish-granting rock. The rock worked when a skeptical Marcy wished to be Skye Sparkler. Now, as Skye Sparkler, Marcy is incredibly tough, strong, fast, and able to fly. But she isn't sure that compensates for the physical change the wish has caused.

Now, Marcy fights to prove her identity to the world. It is a battle the eventually brings her up against a force far more formidable than any super-villain: The Congress of the United States!

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

KIM H. METZGER is a life-long collector of comic books, and a student of their history. A graduate of Indiana University in Bloomington, he was Staff Editor of the weekly Comics Buyer's Guide (which some have called the Variety of the comic-book industry) during the mid-1980s. He still contributes an occasional article to CBG, and writes a quarterly column about comic-book collecting for Paper Collector's Marketplace. Besides comic books, he enjoys reading history, folk tales, mysteries, contemporary fantasy, and accounts of various disasters. He currently lives and works in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Skye Sparkler is his first novel.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 316 pages
• Publisher: Xlibris Corp (May 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0738853283
• ISBN-13: 978-0738853284
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,777,274 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The human side of a superheroine, September 23, 2001

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topoman "topoman" (Newark, California USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Skye Sparkler (Paperback)

The early portion of the book, which explains how and why 30-something Marcy Martin is transformed into 12 year old Skye Sparkler, is necessary for background, but lacks the color and characterization of the post transformation portion. The contrast is as stark as the pre and post tornado segments of the 1930's movie version of "The Wizard of Oz".
Her struggle to be accepted as what she is - an adult; a good human being willing to sacrifice herself for others, even strangers; and, incidentially, someone with super powers that defy the laws of physics - not a child, as her new body would seem to make her; nor a somehow sinister being; nor a fraud and hoaxter - is the fascinating core of the story. Her super feats are very secondary to her existence as a "real" (in a fictional sense) human being.
I would definitely like a sequel.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Great Read, August 4, 2001

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James M Dickert (South Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Skye Sparkler (Paperback)

This book is great. An adult woman accidentally turns herself into a pre-teen superhero. But that doesn't begin to describe what makes this book so charming. Don't get me wrong. There's plenty of superhero action. But what makes Skye work for me is the characters. Marcy is someone I'd like to know personally, both before and after her transformation. And while it would have been easy to surround her with stereotypical characters (the angry boss, the unbelieving FBI agent, the unfeeling politician), Metzger instead gives us real people with real responses to what has happened. So, I'd recommend this one to anyone whose ever wondered what it would be like to fly like Superman. And I hope Skye makes a return appearance real soon.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Intersesting Angle, August 3, 2001

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"rabbbit" (Nashville, TM) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Skye Sparkler (Paperback)

Skye is a very interesting book. It explores a new angle on the superhero/wish-fulfillment myth, and is about a wish that both gives and takes away. Would you want to become a superhero if the cost was both your identity and your physical maturity?