New graphic novels

Breaking Up by Aimee Friedman and art by Christine Norrie

Loved it, read it in one sitting. Art work is fabulous and the story hits the mark everytime.

Here's the summary:

There's a fine line between a friend and an enemy. One minute there's all this trust, and laughter, and love. And the next minute... there's hurt. And cruelty. And betrayal. - Meet Chloe Sacks: thoughtful, artistic, and a junior at Georgia O'Keeffe School for the Arts, nicknamed "Fashion High" for its trendy student body. Along with her best friends, Ericka, Isabel and MacKenzie, she's looking forward to a year of romance, parties and adventure. And it is an eventful year... but not in the way she expected. Falling in love turns out to be a complete disaster. And friendship - well, friendship is the hardest thing of all to keep.

Moral of the story - friendships can be hard, challenging and growing out of them is really alot like breaking up - the hurt is bittersweet. There's tons to explore with this one and the artwork captures many metaphores that would be fun to create a whole book project around.

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