num_pages: 248
description: A full-color graphic novel about growing up growing apart and monster hunting.Andrew and Russ are best friends obsessed with finding the legendary Jersey Devil that supposedly lives in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey right in their own backyards. They're even making a movie about their desperate search for any sign of the mythical creature. But when Russ starts spending less time on their movie and more time with artsy first-chair violinist Tara Andrew feels the cracks in their friendship begin to form.Suddenly all of Andrew's favorite things are too babyish for Russ and Andrew is left trying to figure out where he belongs without his best friend by his side. Then a rash of Jersey Devil sightings excite their small town and the boys are thrown back together on a fevered hunt. Can Andrew and Russ put aside their differences for one last chance to find the monster of their dreams or will the break in their friendship be too big to mend?
language: English
title: The Big Break
publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers