Tina's Mouth: An Existential Comic Diary

Tina's Mouth: An Existential Comic Diary

<DIV>In the tradition of <I>Persepolis </I>and <I>American Born Chinese</I>, a wise and funny high school heroine comes of age. <BR><BR>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.” <BR><BR>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? <BR></DIV>