Mis(h)Adra (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781501162107)

An Arab-American college student struggles to live with epilepsy in this starkly colored and deeply-cutting graphic novel.

Isaac wants nothing more than to be a functional college student--but managing his epilepsy is an exhausting battle to survive. He attempts to maintain a balancing act between his seizure triggers and his day-to-day schedule, but he finds that nothing--not even his medication--seems to work. The doctors won't listen, the schoolwork keeps piling up, his family is in denial about his condition, and his social life falls apart as he feels more and more isolated by his illness. Even with an unexpected new friend by his side, so much is up against him that Isaac is starting to think his epilepsy might be unbeatable.

Based on the author's own experiences as an epileptic, Mis(h)adra is a boldly visual depiction of the daily struggles of living with a misunderstood condition in today's hectic and uninformed world.

Author: Iasmin Omar Ata
ISBN-10: 1501162101
ISBN-13: 9781501162107
Publisher: Gallery 13
Language: English
Published: 10/03/2017
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.20lbs
Size: 10.10h x 7.30w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2017
Publishers Weekly 09/04/2017
Booklist 10/15/2017 pg. 34
Library Journal 11/01/2017 pg. 65
School Library Journal 01/01/2018