Book
3 of 3 Copies Available
- CENTRAL: On Display NPR
- CENTRAL: Teen Collection
- OSHTEMO: Teen Collection
In limbo
Call Numbers
- GRAPHIC NOVEL 921 L4756 TEEN (CEN, OSH)
- GRAPHIC NOVEL 921 L4756 (CEN)
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York : First Second, 2023.
Physical Description
339 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 23 cm
Summary
Ever since Deborah (Jung-Jin) Lee emigrated from South Kora to the United States, she's felt her otherness. For a while, her English wasn't perfect. Her teachers can't pronounce her Korean name. Her face and her eyes--especially her eyes--feel wrong. In high school, everything gets harder. Friendships change and end, she falls behind in classes, and fights with her mom escalate. Caught in limbo, with nowhere safe to go, Deb finds her mental health plummeting, resulting in a suicide attempt. But Deb is resilient and slowly heals with the help of art and self-care, guiding her to a deeper understanding of her heritage and herself.
Subjects
- Women cartoonists > United States > Biography > Comic books, strips, etc.
- Korean Americans > Biography > Comic books, strips, etc.
- Female friendship > Comic books, strips, etc.
- Teenagers > Mental health > Comic books, strips, etc.
- Mothers and daughters > Comic books, strips, etc.
- New Jersey > Biography > Comic books, strips, etc.
- Lee, Deb J. J. > Childhood and youth > Comic books, strips, etc.
- Lee, Deb J. J. > Travel-Korea (South) > Comic books, strips, etc.