Giffen, K. & Rogers, J.  (2006).  Blue beetle volume one: shellschocked.  Hamner, C. (Illus.).  New York: DC Comics.  1401209653.  5Q/5P.  Artwork is pen and ink.

There’s a new superhero in town and his name is Blue Beetle!  High school student Jaime finds a mysterious blue rock that ends up changing his life forever.

Personification: This graphic novel is a perfect example of personification.  Personification is when living traits are given to inanimate objects.  In this book the teenage boy, Jaime finds a blue scarab that attaches to his spine and turns him into a superhero.  The scarab talks to Jaime in a different language and controls his armor when Jaime is unable to, even though it is a supposedly non-living object.

jwelch 05/06/08