Awkward And Definition: The High School Comic Chronicles Of Ariel Schrag

Ariel Schrag captures the American high school experience in all its awkward, questioning glory in Awkward and Definition, the first of three 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 photocopied and sold around school. Some friends were 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 and frustration, Ariel dives into meeting new people, going to concerts, crushing on someone, loving chemistry, drawing comics, and obsessing over everything from glittery girls to ionic charges. Totally true and honest, with every cringe and exhilarating first moment documented, Awkward and Definition is an unflinching look at being a teenage girl in America.