Yo, Miss: A Graphic Look At High School (Comix Journalism)

Wilde, Lisa

ISBN 10: 1621062198 / ISBN 13: 9781621062196

Published by Microcosm Publishing, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Yo, Miss: A Graphic Look At High School (Comix Journalism)
• Publisher: Microcosm Publishing
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1621062198
• ISBN 13: 9781621062196
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Yo, Miss: A Graphic Look at High School takes the reader inside Wildcat Academy, a second chance high school in New York City where all the students are considered at-risk. Through strong and revealing black and white images, the book tells the story of eight students who are trying to get that ticket to the middle class - a high school diploma. Whether they succeed or not has as much to do with what happens outside the classroom as in, and the value of perseverance is matched by the power of a second chance. It is a story that shows these teens in all their beauty, intelligence, suffering, humor, and humanity (and also when they are really pains in the behind.) A view from the trenches of public education, Yo, Miss challenges preconceptions about who these kids are, and what is needed to help them graduate.

About the Author

Lisa Wilde: Lisa Wilde has taught at Wildcat Academy, a second-chance high school in New York City, for the past 16 years. Her work has appeared in Alive With Vigor, Kugelmas, Show & Tell, and WritingDisorder.