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Walden, Tillie

Are You Listening?

313 pp. | Roaring Brook/First Second | September, 2019 | Trade ISBN 978-1-62672-773-1 $24.99 | Paper ISBN 978-1-250-20756-2 $17.99
(2) YA Walden (Spinning; On a Sunbeam) crafts another powerful graphic novel exploring trauma, identity, and chosen family. Eighteen-year-old Bea and adult acquaintance Lou are unlikely companions on a road trip through Texas. Both are gay, and both are escaping something: Bea, sexual abuse by a cousin; Lou, grief following her mother's death. As the surroundings become increasingly surreal, the expressive, richly hued, dynamic panel illustrations reflect the pair's growing fear, anger, and developing closeness.
Reviewer: Katie Bircher | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2019

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