Awkward and Definition

Schrag, Ariel

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ISBN 10: 1416552316 ISBN 13: 9781416552314

Published by N.Y.: Touchstone, 2008

Language: English

Condition: Near Fine Soft cover

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1st printing of reissued edition; originally published in 1997 and 1999. Inscribed by Schrag to p/o on title page and dated 2008. The first and second volumes of "The High School Comic Chronicles of Ariel Schrag." Uncommon signed. 8-3/8 x 10-3/4". 88 pages.

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Title

Awkward and Definition

Publisher

N.Y.: Touchstone

Publication Date

2008

Language

English

ISBN 10

1416552316

ISBN 13

9781416552314

Binding

Soft cover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Near Fine

Signed

Inscribed by Author(s)

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Ariel Schrag captures the American high school experience in all its awkward, questioning glory in Awkward and Definition, the first of three amazingly honest autobiographical graphic novels about her teenage years.

During the summer following each year at Berkeley High School in California, Ariel wrote a comic book about her experiences, which she would then photocopy and sell around school. Some friends thrilled to see themselves in the comic, others not so much, but everyone was interested.

Awkward chronicles Ariel's freshman year, and Definition, her sophomore year. With anxiety in excess and frustration to the fullest, Ariel dives in -- meeting new people, going to concerts, crushing out, loving chemistry, drawing comics, and obsessing over everything from glitter-laden girls to ionic charges and the constant pursuit of the number-one score.

Totally true and achingly honest, with every cringe-inducing encounter and exhilarating first moment documented -- Awkward and Definition is an unflinching look at what it's like being a teenage girl in America.

About the Author

Ariel Schrag is also the author of the autobiographical comic books Potential, which was nominated for an Eisner Award, and Likewise. She divides her time between Los Angeles and New York.

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