{"product_id":"awkward-and-definition-ariel-schrag-9781416552314","title":"Awkward and Definition: The High School Comic Chronicles of Ariel Schrag","description":"\u003cb\u003eAriel Schrag captures the American high school experience in all its awkward, questioning glory in \u003ci\u003eAwkward and Definition, \u003c\/i\u003e the first of three amazingly honest autobiographical graphic novels about her teenage years.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e During the summer following each year at Berkeley High School in California, Ariel wrote a comic book about her experiences, which she would then photocopy and sell around school. Some friends thrilled to see themselves in the comic, others not so much, but everyone was interested. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eAwkward\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles Ariel's freshman year, and \u003ci\u003eDefinition, \u003c\/i\u003e her sophomore year. With anxiety in excess and frustration to the fullest, Ariel dives in -- meeting new people, going to concerts, crushing out, loving chemistry, drawing comics, and obsessing over everything from glitter-laden girls to ionic charges and the constant pursuit of the number-one score. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Totally true and achingly honest, with every cringe-inducing encounter and exhilarating first moment documented -- \u003ci\u003eAwkward and Definition\u003c\/i\u003e is an unflinching look at what it's like being a teenage girl in America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ariel Schrag\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1416552316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781416552314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Touchstone Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.84h x 8.33w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/07\/2008 pg. 41","brand":"Ariel Schrag","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980318605567,"sku":"9781416552314","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_155c82f0-3dc2-4224-ab8b-ec7d71c1e4c8.jpg?v=1683249237","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/awkward-and-definition-ariel-schrag-9781416552314","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}