Crushing
Call Number
- GRAPHIC NOVEL BURR TEEN (EAS)
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin, 2022.
Physical Description
156 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
Audience
Grades 10-12 Algonquin Young Readers.
Summary
A young woman, pale and rosy-cheeked with a straight black bob, lives alone in London--except for her cat--surrounded by lovers on Hampstead Heath and crowds on the Tube. One night she runs down to the local kebab and pizza shop in her pajamas and encounters a young man, pale and freckled with floppy red hair, also wearing pajamas. Unfortunately, they don't notice each other surreptitiously noticing each other and head their separate ways, the young man returning to his flat--empty except for his dog and the glare of his laptop screen. The young woman tries a dating app, and a man sends her unsolicited, intimate selfies; the young man gets spattered in bird poop while working a temp job dressed as an avocado. The story conveys life as a series of small indignities, slight misses, and minor connections but ends on a hopeful note.
Notes
"Originally published in 2021 in the United Kingdom by David Fickling Books"--Title page verso.