Calvin

by Martine Leavitt

Book Overview

Just because you see something doesn't mean it's really there.

Seventeen-year-old Calvin has always known his fate is linked to the comic book character from Calvin & Hobbes.

He was born on the day the last strip was published. His grandpa put a stuffed tiger named Hobbes in his crib. And he even had a best friend named Susie.

Then Calvin's mom washed Hobbes to death. Susie grew up beautiful and stopped talking...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250104254
• ISBN13: 9781250104250
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Square Fish
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Lovers of Calvin and Hobbes or never heard of them will devour this story!

I experienced so many emotions reading “Calvin”. I’d give it ten stars if I could. Mere words cannot describe how thoroughly I enjoyed this book! Though I’ve never read but a scant few Calvin and Hobbes comics over the years, my son grew up with them. He’s creeping up on forty now ... a husband and father with a nice home and profession, but his face still lights up, and I get a kick from the sheer joy it brings, when he picks up a book and reads from one of Watterson’s collections. So, when I found “Calvin” on the shelf of my local Dollar Tree store and read the jacket, I felt I was onto something, but OMG ... I couldn’t concentrate on anything else, and read every free minute until finished. I understand the many fans of Calvin and Hobbes mourned the day Watterson walked away from his craft. Martine Leavitt weaves a tale about a young man named Calvin with a mental illness who believes his only cure is another Calvin story ... so much of his life mirrored the antics of THE Calvin, so who can blame him for thinking Watterson could cure him, given that Calvin had so much in common with the fictional character?! Throughout the book Leavitt successfully had me guessing about what parts were real and what was not. So frustrating! I know nothing of schizophrenia but this book gave me a glimpse into that world. So with a box of Kleenex nearby, I prepared myself for the ending ... p.s. I first read Calvin in 2020 and recently gave a copy to both of my adult children. And then I got the bug, and read it again. Love it still❣️