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Beschreibung
2025 Alex Award Winner

"Written from the heart and personal experience, Pickle’s debut is a compelling effort to help young adults feel seen through an imaginative delve into familiar psychological challenges." —Library Journal

"[T]he charming art and worldbuilding bolster the reassuring message that 'it’s okay to not be okay.' Readers will be won over." —Publishers Weekly

A lushly illustrated debut graphic novel that explores the hardfought journey of self-acceptance in a complex world of swirling emotions and powerful potions.

Joana has dragons inside her. Can she tame them before they burn her life down?

Joana is a young witch who secured her dream job with a coven in London, her favorite city, where she can dedicate herself to creating potions, her favorite activity! However, she will soon discover the reality of city life is not so idyllic. Finding a flat is an ordeal, her “dream job” is stressful, and she’s totally alone. Little by little, she makes her place, but fatigue, sadness, and doubts threaten to topple her hard-earned success . . . until she starts talking to a professional who helps her realize in order to take care of herself, she must know herself.
2025 Alex Award Winner

"Written from the heart and personal experience, Pickle’s debut is a compelling effort to help young adults feel seen through an imaginative delve into familiar psychological challenges." —Library Journal

"[T]he charming art and worldbuilding bolster the reassuring message that 'it’s okay to not be okay.' Readers will be won over." —Publishers Weekly

A lushly illustrated debut graphic novel that explores the hardfought journey of self-acceptance in a complex world of swirling emotions and powerful potions.

Joana has dragons inside her. Can she tame them before they burn her life down?

Joana is a young witch who secured her dream job with a coven in London, her favorite city, where she can dedicate herself to creating potions, her favorite activity! However, she will soon discover the reality of city life is not so idyllic. Finding a flat is an ordeal, her “dream job” is stressful, and she’s totally alone. Little by little, she makes her place, but fatigue, sadness, and doubts threaten to topple her hard-earned success . . . until she starts talking to a professional who helps her realize in order to take care of herself, she must know herself.
Über den Autor
Lara Pickle is the pen name of Larisa Bumb, a Spanish-Romanian artist and storyteller who lives and works in London. I Feel Awful, Thanks is her debut graphic novel, and it was originally published in Spanish by VR Europa and also translated to French by Hachette Romains. Lara has worked on animation and video games with companies including Netflix, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, Disney, and more.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Genre: Importe, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: I Feel Awful, Thanks
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781637153000
ISBN-10: 1637153007
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Pickle, Lara
Illustrator: Pickle, Lara
Hersteller: Oni Press,US
I Feel Awful, Thanks
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 214 x 152 x 14 mm
Von/Mit: Lara Pickle
Erscheinungsdatum: 05.03.2024
Gewicht: 0,448 kg
Artikel-ID: 127188512