Tina's Mouth: An Existential Comic Diary
In the tradition of Persepolis and American Born Chinese, a wise and funny high school heroine comes of age.
Tina M., sophomore, is a wry observer of the cliques and mores of Yarborough Academy, and of the foibles of her Southern California intellectual Indian family. She's on a first-name basis with Jean-Paul Sartre, the result of an English honors class assignment to keep an existential diary.
Keshni Kashyap's compulsively readable graphic novel packs in existential high school drama, from Tina getting dumped by her smart-girl ally to a kiss on the mouth (Tina's mouth, but not technically her first kiss) from a cute skateboarder, Neil Strumminger. And it memorably answers the pressing question: Can an English honors assignment be one fifteen-year-old girl's path to enlightenment?
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"Keshni Kashyap's words and Mari Araki's illustrations combine to wonderful effect in this honest and funny graphic novel." - Entertainment Weekly (Must List)
""Instead of just charting the discoveries of a smart kid's adolescence, Tina's Mouth can make you feel them. This is familiar material, yes, but it's familiar in the way of philosophy and pop songs can be: At their best, the breathless feelings, dramatized by Kashyap and Araki might match up to a corresponding one in you—and then set it off like fireworks." - San Francisco Weekly
"Kashyap's story is clever and genuinely felt...Araki's quirky black-and-white art suits the story well and amplifies the tide of events...A complete package that gives both Sartre and Tina their due." - Booklist, starred review
Product Details
| Recommended Age | 15 and up |
|---|---|
| Author | Keshni Kashyap |
| Illustrator | Mari Araki |
| ISBN | 0618945199 |
| Publication Date | Jan 3, 2012 |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Language | English |
