Slip

(Paperback)

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From Eisner-Award nominatedwriter Marika McCoola and debut artist Aatmaja Pandya, an emotional coming-of-age graphic novel for fans of Bloomand Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me.

Right before Jade is about to leave for a summer art intensive, her best friend, Phoebe, attempts suicide. How is Jade supposed to focus on herself right now

But at the Art Farm, Jade has artistic opportunities shes been waiting for her whole life. And as she gets to know her classmates, she begins to fall for whimsical, upbeat, comfortable-in-her-own-skin Mary. Jade pours herself into making ceramic monsters that vent her stress and insecurities, but when she puts her creatures in the kiln, something unreal happens: they come to life. And theyre taking a stand: if Jade wont confront her problems, her problems are going to confront her, including the scariest of them all if Jade grows, prospers, and even falls in love this summer, is she leaving Phoebe behind

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A fierce, transformative graphic novel about art and relationships.
Kirkus Reviews

This graphic novel successfully brings the story to life via symbolism and figurative language coupled with deeply developed charactersWith themes ranging from mental health to self-discovery, this art-infused text will entice graphic novel fans and art students and leave them wanting another installment of Jades story.
School Library Journal

Author Bio

Marika McCoola is a writer, illustrator, educator, and theNew York Timesbestselling author ofBaba Yaga's Assistant. She has spent over a decade working to connect books with readers. She studied illustration, art history, creative writing, and ceramics at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore and received her BFA in illustration in 2009.

Aatmaja Pandyais a cartoonist and illustrator born and raised in New York. She graduated from the School of Visual Arts in 2014 and has been illustrating professionally ever since.Slipis her first graphic novel.