Tina’s Mouth: an
Existential Comic Diary by Keshni Kashyap and illustrated by Mari Araki
Tina, an intelligent and observant high school sophomore,
receives an assignment for her honors English class on Existentialism: she must
keep an existential diary. As she
explores the bigger questions of life-like what does it mean to be, what is
death, and so on- she also has to grapple with the more meaningless issues that
every teenager deals with as they come of age- like does the boy I have a crush
on like me, how could my best friend leave me for a boy, and so on. The coming of age theme is by no means new;
however, this graphic novel presents it in a brilliantly new format that will
resonate with readers of all ages.
-Recommended for Grades 9 and up
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