A former high school English teacher, Jessica Gruner owns a clothing boutique in San Francisco. But it's her sarcastic, nerdy individualism with a hint of buried sweetness that will make readers want to spend more time with her. Rob Reger has grown Emily the Strange from an image on a few skateboards and T-shirts to an international fashion brand and publishing phenomenon. Emily's diary-style narrative includes plenty of lists and her verbal quirks ("Flathering bogyarks") are amusing. She gleans clues to her identity (such as an affinity for fixing machines) and gets caught up in a power struggle over control of the town, before discovering her connection to Blackrock (with some missteps and memory-related restarts along the way). All Editions of Emily the Strange: Stranger and Stranger 2010, Hardcover ISBN-13: 9780061452321 2010, Trade paperback ISBN-13: 9780061452345 Books by Rob Reger Emily and the Strangers Volume 2: Breaking the Record Starting at 4.10 Complete Emily The Strange, The: All Things Strange Starting at 9.
Designed to look like Emily's ever-present notebook, the book opens as the 13-year-old finds herself in the very beige town of Blackrock, with no memories of who she is, how she got there or if she has any family ("Got myself so worked up into fake-missing people who might not even exist that I even cried a little fake tear"). The third book of the four stories under Emily the Strange series, Stranger and Stranger is so far my favorite (I have not read the fourth one, yet). Strange and Stranger (Emily the Strange) - Kindle edition by Reger, Rob, Jessica Gruner. Merchandising icon Emily the Strange no stranger to T-shirts, accessories and Hot Topic stores becomes much more three-dimensional in this novel from creator Reger and coauthor Gruner (the pair has also written Emily comic books).
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