Tricky Raven Tales (Tricky Journeys)

"This series, written by Chris Schweizer and various illustrators, is a combination of choose-your-own-adventure and graphic novel style books that uses traditional trickster characters from African and Native American folklore. Each title puts the reader in charge of the characters' fates, for better or worse. In addition to the adventurous nature of these books, an element of also humor exists, as the main characters continually try to outwit others. The bright, cartoonish illustrations add to the fast-pace and readers could reread each story many times with different endings. While a majority of each book is written in graphic novel form, there are also a number of pages with more traditional quotation marks to denote speech. This could help reluctant readers make the transition to more challenging texts. The interactivity of this series would make it a fun addition to a library's graphic novel section." --Library Media Connection

Chris Schweizer was born in 1980 and grew up in Louisiana and Kentucky. He received a BFA in Graphic Design from Murray State University, where he also studied English, and his MFA from the Savannah College of Art and Design in Atlanta. He is the cartoonist of the Crogan Adventure Series, an award-winning historical fiction graphic novel series that has made the American Library Association's Great Graphic Novels for Teens list, the Maverick list, and Book Reporter's Core Ten Teen Collection Graphic Novels list, as well as earning Eisner and CYBILS award nominations. Tricky Journeys is his first series for young readers. He teaches comics at SCAD-Atlanta, and lives in Marietta, Georgia, with his wife and daughter.