Many people have said that twitter is boring and that there is no point to it. Be that as it may but I was able to get an advance copy of a graphic novel for free. A graphic novel is like a comic book but with nicer paper, bound in longer and more durable formats assembled and printed as books. Hope Larson is regarded as one of the most promising young female cartoonists of the 2000s. If that’s true, her latest work Mercury is her breakthrough achievement. I’ve never been to Nova Scotia, but graphic novelist Hope Larson made me feel as if I had been there, with its detailed black and white interior illustrations and cultural references to coffee shops. The story focuses on two girls, tied by blood and separated by time. Set in the fictional town of French Hill, the year is 1859, Josey Fraser meets the mysterious brooding Asa Curry who has a secret ability to locate gold. She becomes enamored by him, much to the dismay of her overprotective angry mother. In the same town 150 years later, Tara Fraser is dealing with the aftermath of her home burned down. She resides with her aunt and uncle while her mother is someplace else, working. Tara has been home schooled but later returns a student where she meets Ben, a boy who looks similar to her. Tara wears a pendent previously worn for generations, but soon it becomes more then just a necklace.