Hungry Ghost
Seiten
2023
First Second (Verlag)
978-1-250-76700-4 (ISBN)
First Second (Verlag)
978-1-250-76700-4 (ISBN)
A young adult graphic novel about Valerie, a girl who is hiding an eating disorder from her friends and family and is forced to re-evaluate her own self-image after her life is turned upside down.
Sixteen-year-old Valerie Chu is quiet, studious, and above all thin. No one, not even her best friend Jordan, suspects that she has been binging and purging for years. But Valerie’s life, and priorities, are upended when her father dies abruptly. At home, she abandons her ED patterns as she tries to comfort her mother and little brother.
Val begins to re-evaluate her life, her choices, and her own body. She realizes that the path to happiness might lead her away from her hometown and her mother's toxic projections. But first she must apologize to Jordan and find the strength to seek help.
This beautiful and heart-wrenching young adult graphic novel takes a look at eating disorders, family dynamics, and, ultimately, a journey to self-love.
Sixteen-year-old Valerie Chu is quiet, studious, and above all thin. No one, not even her best friend Jordan, suspects that she has been binging and purging for years. But Valerie’s life, and priorities, are upended when her father dies abruptly. At home, she abandons her ED patterns as she tries to comfort her mother and little brother.
Val begins to re-evaluate her life, her choices, and her own body. She realizes that the path to happiness might lead her away from her hometown and her mother's toxic projections. But first she must apologize to Jordan and find the strength to seek help.
This beautiful and heart-wrenching young adult graphic novel takes a look at eating disorders, family dynamics, and, ultimately, a journey to self-love.
Victoria Ying is an author and artist living in Los Angeles. She started her career in the arts by falling in love with comic books, which eventually turned into a career working in animation and graphic novels. She loves Japanese curry, putting things in her shopping cart online and taking them out again, and hanging out with her dopey dog. Her film credits include Frozen, Moana, Tangled, Wreck-It Ralph, Big Hero 6, and Paperman. She is the illustrator of the DC Comics graphic novel Diana: Princess of the Amazons and the author and illustrator of her original graphic novel City of Secrets. www.victoriaying.com
Erscheinungsdatum | 07.04.2023 |
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Zusatzinfo | full-color illustrations throughout |
Verlagsort | New Milford |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 218 mm |
Gewicht | 446 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga ► Cartoon / Graphic Novel |
Kinder- / Jugendbuch | |
ISBN-10 | 1-250-76700-8 / 1250767008 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-250-76700-4 / 9781250767004 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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